Massachusetts updated its abortion law in 2026 to allow physicians to perform abortions after 24 weeks based on their professional medical judgment, expanding on previous law that permitted late-term abortions only in specific cases such as preserving the life or health of the gestating person or severe fetal diagnoses. Despite rumors claiming the state legalized abortion until birth, the new law maintains physician oversight and does not grant unrestricted abortion access after 24 weeks.
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