Transgender Brookline High Track Runner Wins Girls’ 55-Meter Dash Event At Conference Meet

Transgender Brookline High Track Runner Wins Girls’ 55-Meter Dash Event At Conference Meet

A male high school indoor track and field runner won an event at a girls' meet in Boston last week.

Brookline High senior Chloe Barnes, who identifies as transgender, came in first place in the opening Bay State Conference meet of the season. It took place on Thursday, December 14 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.

Abortion Supporters In New Hampshire Call For State Constitutional Amendment Allowing Abortions After 24 Weeks Into Pregnancy If Doctor Gives O.K.
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Abortion Supporters In New Hampshire Call For State Constitutional Amendment Allowing Abortions After 24 Weeks Into Pregnancy If Doctor Gives O.K.

Matthew McDonald

Abortion is legal in New Hampshire through 24 weeks of pregnancy, but some abortion supporters are calling for an amendment to the state constitution that would make it legal up until birth if a doctor deems it necessary.

The proposed amendment (New Hampshire Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 23) declares "a fundamental right to abortion" that the state government "cannot prohibit, restrict, delay, or penalize … prior to 24 weeks unless it is justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means."

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