Governor Mills Signs Legislation Empowering Women & Doctors to Make Reproductive Health Care Decisions

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"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. Instead, we should recognize the complexity of pregnancy and, like every other health care procedure, take government out of the decision-making process and put the doctor and patient in charge. Today, the State of Maine is following best medical practice by modernizing our laws to get politicians out of reproductive health care and to make clear that the difficult decision of whether to have an abortion later in pregnancy will be made by a woman and her doctor -- not anyone else. In doing so, we are affirming women's reproductive rights and ensuring that no other woman has to endure the physical, emotional, psychological, and financial burden that Dana did to get the care she needed."

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