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‘Turnpike Madonna’ Statue In New Hands, Apparently Unenthusiastic About It

Matthew McDonald

A white statue of the Virgin Mary put up in 1964 on private property visible from the Massachusetts Turnpike in Warren is in the hands of new property owners who apparently aren't thrilled about it.

Quebec-born Alfred Brodeur owned the land 55 years ago when he placed the statue in thanksgiving for the recovery of his wife from breast cancer. It's on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike, between mile markers 68 and 69.

Around New England

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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