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Boston Globe Column Claims Abortion Bill Opponents ‘Claim Falsely’ It Would Legalize Infanticide

Matthew McDonald

An opinion article by a reporter in The Boston Globe says opponents of the proposed ROE Act abortion expansion bill in Massachusetts "continue to claim falsely that later abortions will lead to fetuses somehow surviving abortion attempts and being left to die in clinics."

The column, by reporter Stephanie Ebbert, which was published Wednesday, July 10, offers no evidence rebutting the arguments of ROE Act opponents, who cite a provision in the bill that would remove an existing requirement in state law that doctors try to save the life of a baby born alive after an attempted abortion.

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License-Plate-Tracking Cameras at Cape Cod Bridges? Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court To Decide

Matthew McDonald

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court plans to decide whether the presence of cameras tracking license plates of every vehicle that goes over one of the two bridges to Cape Cod is legal.

State Police use the cameras to provide an alert every time a license plate on a Hit List goes over the Bourne Bridge or Sagamore Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal. That happened February 22, when a car driven by Jason McCarthy of New Bedford triggered an alert, which led to his arrest on drug trafficking charges.

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