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Rhode Island House Goes All-Nine-Months On Abortion

Matthew McDonald

The Rhode Island House of Representatives has approved a bill that would effectively legalize abortion up to the moment of birth.

Rhode Island House Bill 5125 states: "Neither the state, nor any of its agencies, or political subdivisions shall … Restrict an individual person from terminating that individual person's pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to preserve the health or life of that individual."

Ayanna Pressley Serious About Lowering Voting Age To 16, But U.S. House Isn’t, For Now
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Ayanna Pressley Serious About Lowering Voting Age To 16, But U.S. House Isn’t, For Now

Matthew McDonald

The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a measure proposed by U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) to lower the voting age in elections for federal office to 16.

On Thursday night the House voted 126-305 on the amendment, Pressley's first as a member of Congress.

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