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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill that expands access to abortion and sex transitions on Friday. The bill seeks to end co-payments and other charges for abortion in health insurance plans. It also expands late-term abortions after 24 weeks to include cases that are "warranted because
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A gender consultant who "never imagined … working with children" has been leading weekly sessions for teen-agers who identify as homosexual, transgender, or questioning, according to WickedLocal.com. "It's a fascinating age, a time of pushing boundaries and of figuring themselves out," the leader of
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Religious exemptions for vaccinations for public and private school students may be harder to get if a measure state legislators are considering becomes law. That's because part of S.3030, a 194-page state Senate amendment to H.5034, the state's economic development bill, would remove the
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Fifty years ago, European savants and American libertines were fond of labelling American culture and mores "Puritanical." For example, often one would hear the phrase that someone had "come out of the closet," usually meaning that that person was publicly acknowledging to be homosexual, lesbian, or
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Reparations supporters in Amherst are considering draft language for a bill in the state legislature that would allow town officials to give individual African-Americans money from town funds. Reparations is a proposal to use public funds for black people to make up for slavery and discrimination.
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Former congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-Newton) wants NAACP Boston president Tanisha Sullivan to be the next Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts. Kennedy endorsed the Democrat over the longtime incumbent she is primarying: Bill Galvin.
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