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All Nine Months and No Parental Consent — Vermont House Passes No-Restrictions Abortion Bill

Matthew McDonald

The Vermont House of Representatives has approved a bill that allows abortions right up until birth and does not require parental consent for minors.

"We're about to give 12-year-olds the right to get an abortion …" said state Representative Brian Smith (R-Derby), according to Seven Days.

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Female Attleboro Official Wants ‘Councilman’ Out of City Charter

Matthew McDonald

"Councilman" and "committeeman" have to go from the city charter of Attleboro because they are gender-specific, a city official says.

Laura Dolan, a member of the Attleboro City Council, wants the council to ask the Massachusetts Legislature to get rid of the terms, replacing them with, respectively, "councilor" and "committee member," according to The Sun Chronicle.

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