Pro-choice activists want New Mexico to follow the lead of Connecticut in providing a safe haven for abortion providers after last week s leaked draft that indicated the Supreme Court will overturn legalized abortion nationwide. Janet Williams - president of Santa Fe NOW, the local chapter of the National Organization for Women - said more protections will be needed as people travel from Texas, Arizona and other states to New Mexico, where abortion is legal. She said medical records will need to be protected, and abortion providers will need protection from liability in other states. .
Leaders from the California Legislative Women s Caucus vowed to protect a person s right to have an abortion in the Golden State after a leaked draft opinion appears to show the U.S. Supreme Court is ready to overturn the decision known as Roe v. Wade this summer. .
The analysis, called "One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance," traces the history of how Maine mistreated and exerted control of the Wabanaki tribes, and also uncovers new documents describing how that control continued over decades.
A new report finds the pandemic disproportionately impacted women, but that gaps in data limit Maine s ability to help those in need. Women are more likely than men to be caregivers in their families - whether for their children, family members with disabilities or the elderly - and they re also more likely to be employed in the care economy. Anne Gass is an independent historian and the report chair for Maine s Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, which released the report. .