{"id":204672,"date":"2019-06-14T06:09:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=204672"},"modified":"2019-06-14T00:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:41:59","slug":"massachusetts-abortion-bill-unlimited-late-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/massachusetts-abortion-bill-unlimited-late-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts considers abortion bill allowing unlimited late-term abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new bill that would drastically expand abortion<\/a> in Massachusetts is likely to pass, despite being considered by pro-lifers to be even more extreme than New York’s recent pro-abortion law<\/a>. Senate Bill 1209, An Act to Remove Obstacles and Expand Abortion Access, nicknamed the ROE Act<\/a>, is being celebrated by the abortion industry for doing away with most abortion restrictions, even though most Americans support them.<\/p>\n

In addition to adding the “right” to get an abortion into state law, the new bill would overturn existing parental consent laws, allowing minors to undergo abortions without their parents’ approval. It also removes a currently existing 24-hour waiting period and provides coverage to get abortions in case their insurance plans don’t cover abortion. It even removes language defining the baby as an unborn child from the moment of implantation.<\/p>\n

Polling from Marist<\/a> and Gallup<\/a> has shown that Americans support significant restrictions on abortion, including parental consent laws and waiting periods. Most Americans also want abortion banned after the first trimester. While abortion organizations like NARAL<\/a> are celebrating this new law, it’s shockingly out of touch with what Americans actually want.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0New poll reveals 75 percent of Americans want abortion restrictions<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But what may perhaps be the most disturbing part of this law is that is allows late-term abortion for virtually any reason. As the text of the bill<\/a> reads, abortion should be committed before 24 weeks, but can be committed afterwards too (emphasis added), based on the judgment of the individual who stands to make money from it.<\/p>\n

A physician, acting within their lawful scope of practice, may perform an abortion when, according to the physician\u2019s best medical judgment based on the facts of the patient\u2019s case<\/strong>, the patient is beyond twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy and the abortion is necessary to protect the patient\u2019s life or physical or mental health<\/strong>, or in cases of lethal fetal anomalies, or where the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the uterus. Medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors\u2014physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the person\u2019s age<\/strong>\u2014relevant to the well-being of the patient.<\/em><\/p>\n

This echoes Roe v. Wade’s<\/em> partner decision,\u00a0Doe v. Bolton<\/em>, which has much of the same language, and allows abortion for virtually any reason at all.<\/p>\n