Maine House votes to expand number of medical professions allowed to perform abortions
By Owen Daugherty - 05/21/19 09:06 PM EDT
The Maine House on Tuesday passed a bill to expand the types of medical professionals who can perform abortions in the state.
If it becomes law, the bill would allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives to perform abortion procedures if they receive proper training, according to the Associated Press.
Maine would become the second state following California to allow medical professionals who are not doctors to perform abortion operations.
Under Maine’s bill, advanced clinicians who are not doctor could perform in-clinic surgical operations and offer medication abortions with the proper training.
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