IN-DEPTH: Maine Democrats Push to Remove Abortion Limits; Christians Say Pro-Life Advice Is Being Criminalized

A pro-life demonstrator prays in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 21, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The viability of a baby to survive outside the womb will no longer be a legal limitation on abortion, if Maine Democrats get their way.

The new legal standard will be the “professional judgment of a physician,” according to the language of a proposal that’s currently before the Judiciary Committee of the Maine House of Representatives.