Authorities in Maine said Senator Susan Collins (right) called police after people drew a message about abortion rights on her sidewalk at her residence in Bangor.
According to a report from the Bangor Police Department (BPD), Collins called authorities at his residence on Saturday to complain about a message from an unknown person written in chalk on her sidewalk.
The message read: “Susie, please, the Menners want WHPA —–> vote for, clear up your mess.”
WHPA refers to the Women’s Health Act, which will codify the Roe v. Wade judgment of 1973, which makes access to abortion a federal right.
BPD spokesman Wade Butters told Bangor Daily News that the city’s public construction department had responded to BPD’s call and removed the message from Collins sidewalk by Monday afternoon.
“The message was not found threatening,” Butters told the newspaper.
In a statement to The Hill, Collins’ office said the senator had previously received threatening phone calls and letters from residents, adding that Capitol police had advised her to notify local authorities of incidents around her residence.
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“As Senator Collins periodically receives threatening letters and phone calls, Capitol police have advised us to notify the local police department when there is activity aimed at her around her home,” Collins’ office said in a statement.
Collins said last week that a leaked Supreme Court ruling by Judge Samuel Alito, which will overturn the remarkable 1973 ruling, was “completely incompatible” with what Judges Brett Cavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch had told her in previous conservation.
Hill turned to the Bangor Police Department for comment and more information.
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