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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued<\/a> an executive order on Monday, the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, which she says<\/a> establishes the state as a “beacon” for abortion.<\/p>\n

The order ensures that the state’s hospitals and health care providers will provide “emergency abortion care.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this building, we are showing unity on this issue,\u201d Healey said<\/a>. \u201cToday we make clear a women\u2019s choice. Her reproductive choices are hers. There is no question they are defended in Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many reasons women need abortions,\u201d Healey declared. \u201cEarly interventions are safer, more effective and do not pose as great a risk to women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Healey’s announcement comes in advance of the Supreme Court’s decisions in two cases, Moyle v. United States<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Idaho v. United States<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0which will determine whether or not Idaho emergency room doctors can intentionally end the lives of preborn children by abortion for allegedly \u201cmedically necessary\u201d reasons.<\/p>\n

However, in contrast to the facts in these cases, Rebecca Hart Holden, president of Reproductive Equity Now, claimed, \u201cThe Supreme Court is to decide whether people with pregnancy complications should be allowed to live.”<\/p>\n

Despite inflammatory claims that pregnant women experiencing complications will die, emergency treatment to save the life of the mother has always been legal \u2014 even in states where preborn children are protected from abortion. In the event that a preterm delivery is necessary, every effort can be made to save both the child and the mother, even if the baby dies despite those efforts. This is different from an induced abortion, which is the direct and intentional killing<\/em> of a preborn child.<\/p>\n

Miscarriage treatments, emergency deliveries, and treatment for ectopic pregnancies are not abortions<\/a>\u00a0and are legal in every state.<\/p>\n

This distinction has previously been explained by Ingrid Skop, the vice president and director of medical affairs for Charlotte Lozier Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a practicing OB-GYN, I care for both a mother and her unborn child, and in my 30 years of practice, I have never had to resort to an abortion to save a woman\u2019s life. In fact, about 90% of my obstetric peers refuse to perform elective abortions,\u201d she has said<\/a>, adding, \u201cAbortion advocates have one goal: to spread confusion through lies. They want to increase abortions on demand at any time in pregnancy, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. It\u2019s crucial that Americans, especially women, start questioning the abortion advocates weaponizing that confusion for their own benefit, rather than the pro-life protections that very clearly protect pregnant women facing heartbreaking situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued an executive order on Monday, the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which she says establishes the state as a “beacon” for abortion. 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