Gov. Maura Healey signs law expanding abortion access after 24 weeks
- 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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Healey Signs Massachusetts Abortion Law Expanding Physician Discretion
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey urges the federal government and U.S. President Donald Trump to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) threatened by the ongoing government shutdown, at a press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Massachusetts governor signs sweeping abortion bill - all the way to birth · American Wire News
A blue state’s new law on abortion fulfilled what Democrats have long denied and begged the question amid backlash, “Why stop at birth?” Slippery slope denialism has repeatedly found leftist arguing that the “right” to murder unborn babies should be granted because abortion is “safe, legal and rare” and “necessary health care.” Monday, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) sparked outrage as her state became the 10th to allow the practice with no …
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Massachusetts bishops: Eliminating ‘any legal restraint’ on late-term abortion ‘gravely immoral’
BRAINTREE, Mass. (OSV News) — The “elimination of any legal restraint on late-term abortion” is “a radical measure which is gravely immoral,” the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts said. The bishops made the comments in a July 29 statement issued in response to the July 22 passage by the Massachusetts House of Representatives of a measure removing prior legal restrictions on abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Senate passage followed on July 31…
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