Maine's Democrat Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Abortion Up to the Moment of Birth

Emily Mangiaracina : Jul 21, 2023
LifeSiteNews.com

One Maine resident has decried the legislation as "the most severe and barbaric attack on life" that the state has "witnessed thus far."

(Augusta, ME) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Maine has legalized abortion up until birth for any reason deemed "necessary" by an abortionist. (Screengrab image)

Governor Janet Mills signed into law on Wednesday LD 1619, which distinguishes Maine as one of the few places in the world, including China and North Korea, to allow elective abortions after 20 weeks' gestation.

Whereas Maine law previously only allowed abortions after fetal viability to "preserve the life or health of the mother," according to LD 1619, abortions may be performed "when it is necessary in the professional judgment" of a physician abortionist.

The bill also removes criminal penalties for committing an elective late-term abortion without the necessary license and changes reporting standards to eliminate identifying information about a woman who obtains an abortion and only require details about the date, location, and method of the act, as well as the age of the baby when he or she is killed.

"Maine law should recognize that every pregnancy, like every woman, is different, and that politicians cannot and should not try to legislate the wide variety of difficult circumstances pregnant women face," Mills said before signing the radical law.

Maine now joins the ranks of the states Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, New Jersey, Vermont, and New Mexico, which also effectively permit the killing of babies in abortions at any point up until birth for any reason.

A letter to the editor of centralmaine.com has decried the legislation as "the most severe and barbaric attack on life" that Maine has "witnessed thus far."

"To legalize the killing of an unborn baby—right up to birth—is a reality too horrible to contemplate..." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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