U.S. Supreme Court

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday will limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate wetlands, and Maine advocates say it removes an environmental safety net.

The bill would not create a code but require the court to make its own. It would also create a position to review potential conflicts of interest and public complaints.

The approval comes in the wake of a consequential U.S. Supreme Court decision that found the state's exclusion of religious schools from a state tuition program to be unconstitutional.

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While the decision is unlikely to immediately impact access to abortion in Maine, abortion is likely to be a top issue in state elections this fall.

The Mabel Wadsworth Center in Bangor said it plans to increase the number of days that it will offer abortion services.

Some say the decision has them worried about the country's future. Others say it's spurring them into action.

The Dobbs vs. Jackson decision drags Maine’s senior U.S. senator back into the spotlight as Collins, one of the few Republicans to publicly support abortion rights, was a key vote to confirm Kavanaugh and cited in part his reassurance that he viewed Roe v. Wade as an important precedent.

Abortion rights advocates fear — and abortion opponents hope — that the political winds shift in Maine potentially as early as this November.

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