Gov. Maura Healey signs law expanding abortion access after 24 weeks
The measure shifts later-term abortion decisions to physicians and patients, and supporters say it will keep more patients from traveling out of state.
- Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation on Monday removing the 24-week limit on abortions, making Massachusetts the tenth state without a specific gestational restriction written into law.
- Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Mike Day said lawmakers revisited the issue to "lessen the trauma inflicted on pregnant women" by removing language restrictions that forced patients to travel out of state for care.
- Kate Dineen and Alex Lawton traveled 500 miles to Maryland in 2021, paying about $10,000 for an abortion after their baby suffered a catastrophic stroke at 33 weeks because their circumstances didn't qualify under prior law.
- The Massachusetts Family Institute called the bill "a dangerous attempt to remove virtually all remaining protections in the Commonwealth for unborn babies," while Carol Tobias of National Right to Life said it "erased the final protections for unborn children who can feel pain."
- Following the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Gov. Maura Healey framed the signing as a commitment to healthcare access "no matter what Donald Trump or Republicans in Congress or the Supreme Court does." The measure takes effect in 90 days.
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Why Defenses of Massachusetts’ Abortion Law Fail
This Monday in a crowded room of people beaming with pride and excitement, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey smiled for the cameras as she enthusiastically signed legislation legalizing abortion for any reason, at any time, right up to the moment of birth. It’s hard to overstate just how jarring and bizarre this is. A room full...
Ghouls in Pink Turned the Golden State into the Abortion State
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy just signed a new law allowing abortions at any time. Healy, a Democrat, signed the law Monday removing the state’s 24-week abortion limit, allowing abortions at any point in pregnancy. Most of the mainstream media reported that the new law is”strengthening abortion protections.” Massachusetts will allow abortion up to delivery after Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Monday extending abortion protections. (…
The new legislation removes the 24-week limit with exceptions and now leaves it to doctors to decide, according to their "professional judgment", whether an interruption of pregnancy can be performed at an advanced stage.
Applauding evil: ‘This sends a chill up my spine’ * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass. Another Democrat governor has signed into law another pro-abortion scheme. It happens routinely these days, but that very action is starting to get significant attention because of the content of the actions. It is Franklin Graham, chief of the worldwide Christian ministry Samaritan’s Purse who reacted this week when Massachusetts Gov.
Restriction on abortion from 24 weeks of gestation is eliminated in Massachusetts, thanks to the support of Governor Maura Healey
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