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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey filed an emergency order on Friday to enact the state's expansive abortion law allowing abortion for any reason up until birth. Healey's order bypasses a petition initiative that would have placed the law on hold until it is brought before voters in November 2028.
Gov. Maura Healey's executive action immediately enacted the state's abortion-to-birth law, bypassing a petition initiative that would have placed the law on hold.
Healey claimed that families have been "forced" to leave the state to kill their preborn children, and that without the law, there is "further harm to the health and safety" of the state's women.
Though the petition initiative will still likely bring the law before the state's voters to decide in November 2028, Healey's order ensures that abortion up to birth will be allowed until that time in Massachusetts.
In her emergency preamble filed with Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, Healey invoked her executive power to immediately enact Chapter 188, "An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care."
In her order, Healey claimed that families have been "forced" to leave the state to kill their preborn children late in pregnancy, calling such action "medically necessary care due to the inadequacies of the current law."
She further stated that "any further delay in implementing the Act would prolong uncertainty for patients, families, physicians and health care institutions, and risk further harm to the health and safety of women in Massachusetts."
"The promise of the Act must not be delayed when patients are already experiencing the consequences of the existing restrictions. I therefore declare that it is in the public interest that the Act take effect immediately, and I declare the Act to be an emergency law," she wrote.
Lawmakers passed H.5595 (Chapter 188) in August, a measure that:
permits abortion up to birth as long as a doctor (who is very likely the abortionist who stands to profit from the procedure) signs off on it.
removes a requirement that abortions after 24 weeks take place in a hospital.
is considered to be among the most extreme in the country.
was considered a priority even though the state already had an expansive law allowing abortions up to 24 weeks for any reason.
Following its passage, pro-life organizations formed the Compassionate Care Coalition, collecting signatures in an attempt to repeal the law.
In late October, the coalition announced it had collected 99,962 signatures, far surpassing the 37,000 needed to force a referendum, and the 49,716 necessary to suspend the law until the measure goes before voters in the November 2028 election. If the signatures were confirmed to be official, the law's enactment would have been halted, had Healey not signed her emergency measure.
Sam Miele, the chair of the Compassionate Care Coalition, told GBH News he was dismayed at Healey's action, as he questioned why the killing of preborn children is an "emergency."
“We have one question for you: Why is a bill that encourages healthy, viable nine-month babies to be killed at nine months in the womb necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of Massachusetts?
The prior abortion law in Massachusetts allowed for abortions after 24 weeks if the mother’s life was in danger. The only thing this new law does is allow babies who pose no threat to the life of the mother to be killed at will in the womb at nine months."
The state's Catholic bishops released a statement Saturday decrying Healey's actions.
“Having read the Governor’s editorial defending her decision to override the results of the Repeal188 efforts, we respectfully and passionately disagree that abortion, the taking of human life, may be considered health care,” they wrote. "We also disagree that there is an emergency requiring the further expansion of the existing and already radically permissive law."
Preborn children need complete protection in the womb, not emergency orders that hasten their death.
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·Massachusetts Governor uses 'emergency' order to enact abortion to birth
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey filed an emergency order on Friday to enact the state's expansive abortion law allowing abortion for any reason up until birth. Healey's order bypasses a petition initiative that would have placed the law on hold until it is brought before voters in November 2028.
Gov. Maura Healey's executive action immediately enacted the state's abortion-to-birth law, bypassing a petition initiative that would have placed the law on hold.
Healey claimed that families have been "forced" to leave the state to kill their preborn children, and that without the law, there is "further harm to the health and safety" of the state's women.
Though the petition initiative will still likely bring the law before the state's voters to decide in November 2028, Healey's order ensures that abortion up to birth will be allowed until that time in Massachusetts.
In her emergency preamble filed with Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, Healey invoked her executive power to immediately enact Chapter 188, "An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care."
In her order, Healey claimed that families have been "forced" to leave the state to kill their preborn children late in pregnancy, calling such action "medically necessary care due to the inadequacies of the current law."
She further stated that "any further delay in implementing the Act would prolong uncertainty for patients, families, physicians and health care institutions, and risk further harm to the health and safety of women in Massachusetts."
"The promise of the Act must not be delayed when patients are already experiencing the consequences of the existing restrictions. I therefore declare that it is in the public interest that the Act take effect immediately, and I declare the Act to be an emergency law," she wrote.
Lawmakers passed H.5595 (Chapter 188) in August, a measure that:
permits abortion up to birth as long as a doctor (who is very likely the abortionist who stands to profit from the procedure) signs off on it.
removes a requirement that abortions after 24 weeks take place in a hospital.
is considered to be among the most extreme in the country.
was considered a priority even though the state already had an expansive law allowing abortions up to 24 weeks for any reason.
Following its passage, pro-life organizations formed the Compassionate Care Coalition, collecting signatures in an attempt to repeal the law.
In late October, the coalition announced it had collected 99,962 signatures, far surpassing the 37,000 needed to force a referendum, and the 49,716 necessary to suspend the law until the measure goes before voters in the November 2028 election. If the signatures were confirmed to be official, the law's enactment would have been halted, had Healey not signed her emergency measure.
Sam Miele, the chair of the Compassionate Care Coalition, told GBH News he was dismayed at Healey's action, as he questioned why the killing of preborn children is an "emergency."
“We have one question for you: Why is a bill that encourages healthy, viable nine-month babies to be killed at nine months in the womb necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of Massachusetts?
The prior abortion law in Massachusetts allowed for abortions after 24 weeks if the mother’s life was in danger. The only thing this new law does is allow babies who pose no threat to the life of the mother to be killed at will in the womb at nine months."
The state's Catholic bishops released a statement Saturday decrying Healey's actions.
“Having read the Governor’s editorial defending her decision to override the results of the Repeal188 efforts, we respectfully and passionately disagree that abortion, the taking of human life, may be considered health care,” they wrote. "We also disagree that there is an emergency requiring the further expansion of the existing and already radically permissive law."
Preborn children need complete protection in the womb, not emergency orders that hasten their death.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
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