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Newest member of the ACLU team!

Hi there ACLU followers! My name is Sophie Raffel and I’m a summer high school intern here at the ACLU of Maine. I am a rising senior at Waynflete School and I can’t imagine a better way to spend my summer than here at the ACLU of Maine offices, on the ground floor of some of the most important debates over policy, freedom and our rights as Americans, both as Mainers and citizens of the Unites States. I was born in the city Guangzhou in southern China but I’ve lived in Portland all my life. | continue reading
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Team Edie Marches Through Portland

This weekend the ACLU of Maine marched in the Southern Maine Pride Parade, and we couldn't have had a better time. The weather was gorgeous, the crowd was passionate, and our contingent of marchers had a great time showing their pride and waving at the many well-wishers that lined the streets of downtown Portland.
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ACLU Wins Unanimous Decision in Challenge to Gene Patenting

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously invalidated patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation.
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Choice: Follow-up! Results on the votes in the House

The votes are in from the Maine House --- we protected a woman's right to privacy, her right to choose. 

Here are the votes:

1) LD 1193, An Act to Allow a Wrongful Death Cause of Action for the Death of an Unborn Child

Final Vote: 82 to 60, the majority Ought Not To Pass Motion carries

2) LD 760, An Act Regarding Informed Consent to an Abortion

Final Vote: 90 to 53, the majority Ought Not to Pass Motion carries
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