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The Supreme Court case struck down exclusion as religious discrimination in 2022, but state officials quickly passed a law that in effect excluded most religious schools.
First Liberty Institute asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reverse a lower court decision.
Pro-life laws came into effect in Florida and Tennessee, as pro-abortion developments were seen in Arizona, South Dakota and Maine.
According to the Maine Division of Public Health Systems’ most recent data, there were 2,225 abortions in the state in 2022, up from 1,915 in 2021.
‘Maine has every right to decide what Maine’s laws are and how those laws should be enforced. But that same right applies to every state,’ the letter states.
‘He expresses his spiritual closeness to all those suffering from this unspeakable tragedy, especially the families who lost loved ones,’ said an Oct. 28 telegram.
The shootings reportedly took place at both a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, the second most populous city in Maine, in the southern part of the state.
In light of the current political landscape, pro-lifers are looking to state legislature races in 2024 instead.
Joel Stetkis, the Chairman of the Maine GOP, said in a statement following the governor’s signing of the bill that it is “truly a dark day for our beloved state of Maine.”
COMMENTARY: Besides Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the High Court upheld the First Amendment’s right to religious exercise and expression in four other important cases.
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