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Massachusetts Senate Sends Physician-Control Late-Term Abortion Bill to Governor

8/1/2026

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Massachusetts Senate passed a bill giving physicians sole authority over late-term abortions and sent it to Governor Maura Healey.
Current law allows abortions up to 24 weeks and later only for life, health, lethal anomaly, or non-viability.
Rep. Christine Barber said hospitals turned away women, citing a fetal-stroke case.
Myrna Maloney Flynn warned the bill could permit abortions until birth, even for healthy fetuses, and threaten safety.

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Massachusetts Senate passed a bill giving physicians sole authority over late-term abortions and sent it to Governor Maura Healey.
Current law allows abortions up to 24 weeks and later only for life, health, lethal anomaly, or non-viability.
Rep. Christine Barber said hospitals turned away women, citing a fetal-stroke case.
Myrna Maloney Flynn warned the bill could permit abortions until birth, even for healthy fetuses, and threaten safety.