Maine will have a “shield law” that protects the state’s health professionals who provide reproductive and gender-affirming care from being targeted by other states’ bans starting mid-July. On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 227 into law, placing Maine among the dozen or so other states that have enacted shield laws regarding abortion and gender-affirming […] The post Maine joins growing list of states protecting healthcare providers from bans appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
A Republican lawmaker in Maine was censured after implying that the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history was punishment from God for a recent abortion law.
"Keep in mind, the law came into effect on October 25. God heard you. And the horrible events on October 25 happened," said Lemelin, a Republican from Chelsea.