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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, eliminating the state's 24-week abortion limit and allowing abortions up to birth based on a physician's judgment. Neonatologist Dr. Robin Pierucci criticized the law as ethically troubling, highlighting concerns about inaccurate prenatal screenings, the obligation to care for newborns, and the moral conflicts it creates for medical professionals in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law allowing abortions throughout pregnancy, making the state the 10th to permit third-trimester abortions with broader physician discretion and legal protections. Board-certified OBGYN Dr. Christina Francis criticized the law, arguing that late-term abortions pose significant risks to mothers and are medically unnecessary since emergency deliveries are faster and safer.

Massachusetts passed the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, signed by Governor Maura Healey, which removes gestational limits on abortion and allows later-term abortions based on medical judgment. The law sparked opposition from nine Democratic state representatives who criticized it as extremist and out of step with their constituents' views.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, removing the state's 24-week abortion limit and allowing abortions up to birth based solely on a physician's professional judgment without specific maternal or fetal conditions required. This law eliminates previous protections for late-term babies and expands abortion access in Massachusetts beyond the prior restrictions tied to the mother's life, health, or severe fetal diagnoses.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, removing gestational limits on abortion and allowing the procedure up to birth in the state. The law grants health care workers greater discretion for late-term abortions and aims to keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible in Massachusetts, taking effect in 90 days.