Maine State Judiciary Committee advances a bill that would grant physicians the ability to decide if an abortion is needed after the 24th week of pregnancy.
Gov. Janet Mills delivers remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit on May 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland.A measure to loosen abortion restrictions in Maine has advanced within the state legislature, with both houses voting on the proposal potentially as soon as this week.state legislature’s joint judiciary committee
— will allow abortions in certain circumstances, with a physician’s approval, beyond the state’s current timeline. The measure passed by a 7-3 vote on Friday. The bill now advances to each house of the state legislature,. The bill is likely to pass both houses and become law upon reaching Mills’s desk.
Currently, state law restricts abortions beyond viability, usually viewed as the 24th week of pregnancy by the state’s standards, unless a pregnant person’s life is at risk. Under the new bill, however,, removing any ambiguities over whether the procedure meets a “life-saving” threshold or not. Such ambiguities in statutes elsewhere in the country have resulted in physicians becoming reluctant to provide abortions, even in circumstances in which the fetus is no longer viable and the pregnant person’s health is in grave danger.
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