LITTLETON, N.H. — Few were present at the select board meeting in Littleton, New Hampshire, in August when Carrie Gendreau, one of its members, began to talk about a mural that had recently been painted on the side of a building downtown. Until that moment, it had not attracted much attention. Its subject matter — a blooming iris, dandelions, birch trees — did not seem controversial. But for Gendreau, 62, who was also a state senator representing northern New Hampshire, the mural had set off ala
On Thursday, by a 14-9 vote, the Senate passed Senate Bill 461 along party lines which would require the state to collect data on the date, place, age, state of residence for the woman, method used, medication dispensed and gestational age of the fetus at an abortion.