APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 28, 2023 352
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 857 - L.D. 1343
An Act to Protect the Reproductive Freedom of Maine People by Preempting
the Field of Abortion Regulation
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1598, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A. Preemption. The State intends to occupy and preempt the entire field of
legislation concerning the regulation of a person's decision to terminate a pregnancy and
legislation concerning the provision of abortion. No political subdivision of the State,
including, but not limited to, municipalities, counties, townships, plantations and village
corporations, may adopt any order, ordinance, rule or regulation concerning the regulation
of a person's decision to terminate a pregnancy or concerning the provision of abortion.
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