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Several states have filed lawsuits against Massachusetts over its abortion shield laws. These legal actions challenge Massachusetts' protections related to abortion.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a new law removing previous abortion limits and exceptions, allowing patients and healthcare providers to make abortion decisions without restrictions up to 24 weeks or beyond. The law prevents Massachusetts patients from having to travel out of state for abortions in cases like lethal fetal diagnoses, expanding abortion access within the state despite opposition from House Republicans.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a bill allowing doctors to decide on later-term abortions after 24 weeks without the current exceptions for lethal fetal diagnoses or protecting the mother's life. The bill, which passed 119 to 33, removes existing legal exceptions and now moves to the Senate for review.