Legislation

Alabama has joined multistate lawsuits challenging abortion shield laws in New York, California, and Massachusetts. These legal actions target protections that allow abortion providers and patients to avoid prosecution across state lines.

Massachusetts pro-lifers are mobilizing to stop a new abortion law in the state. Efforts are underway to oppose the legislation impacting abortion regulations in Massachusetts.

An effort to repeal abortion laws is gaining momentum in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Citizens for Life is involved in this movement to change abortion legislation in the state.

Massachusetts bishops have expressed support for a petition to suspend the state's late-term abortion law. This action reflects ongoing pro-life advocacy within Massachusetts regarding abortion legislation.

A Massachusetts bishop is calling on Catholics to work toward repealing the law that allows abortions up to birth in the state. This reflects ongoing pro-life efforts within Massachusetts to challenge late-term abortion legislation.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced federal lawsuits against New York, California, and Massachusetts for enabling mail-order abortions by refusing to extradite abortionists charged with sending abortion pills into Louisiana, where elective abortion is banned. The state argues that these 'shield' laws violate Louisiana's sovereignty and criminal laws, citing cases where mailed abortion drugs resulted in the deaths of babies and harm to women, and is also challenging the FDA's 2023 policy allowing telehealth prescribing and mail delivery of abortion pills in federal court.

The attorneys general of Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas filed a lawsuit on September 30 challenging the abortion 'shield laws' of New York, California, and Massachusetts, asking the Supreme Court to hear the case. The lawsuit argues that these shield laws protect abortion providers who mail abortion-inducing drugs to states with abortion restrictions, and the case has drawn responses from both sides, including statements from New York Attorney General Letitia James and pro-life leader Marjorie Dannenfelser.

Massachusetts Citizens for Life provides guidance on how to collect signatures to repeal the state's new late-term abortion law. The effort focuses on mobilizing support within Massachusetts to challenge recent abortion legislation.

A Massachusetts bishop has instructed his priests to meet privately with Catholic politicians who supported recent abortion legislation, urging them to repent and warning them not to receive Communion until they change their public stance. The bishop also directed that if these individuals present themselves for Communion after being warned, they must be denied the Eucharist to prevent scandal, with this policy taking effect after the November elections.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed legislation effective November 2026 allowing abortion after 24 weeks based on physicians' subjective professional judgment, permitting termination up to birth. Shortly after, she promoted expanding postpartum care and a program called Welcome Family to support mothers and families, raising questions about the state's role in both late-term abortion and newborn welfare monitoring.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is proposing to expand a state-backed home-visiting program to include every newborn family in the state, allowing healthcare providers to make assessments and offer support within days or weeks after birth. Critics express concerns that this mandatory visitation could represent government overreach and lead to investigations of parents based on their beliefs, while Healey has also supported legislation legalizing abortion up to birth and defended the state's removal of a Catholic couple's daughter over disputes related to gender identity counseling.

Pro-life groups are launching a ballot initiative to repeal Massachusetts’ law allowing abortion up to birth, after an outpouring of revulsion toward the legislation.

Root criticizes Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's support for expanded abortion access and contrasts it with her public identification as Catholic. He argues that bishops should consider formal ecclesiastical discipline rather than limit their response to public statements.

Smiling proudly, the group of women surrounding Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday looked more like they were celebrating a birthday party than signing legislation. As Gov. Healey made her last pen stroke, the gaggle of women erupted in applause, some laughing cheerfully as if they had... The post Massachusetts Officially Enshrines Abortion Up Till Birth appeared first on The Human Life Review .

Archbishop Richard Henning of Boston sharply criticized the legislation, calling it a serious offense against the dignity and sanctity of human life. The Massachusetts Catholic Conference had previously urged lawmakers to reject the bill, reiterating the Church’s teaching that every human life possesses inherent worth from conception until natural death The post Diabolical: Massachusetts’ “Catholic” governor approves the killing of babies in the womb up to the ninth month appeared first on ZENIT - English .