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MA H2370
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christine Barber
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AI Summary
- Removes restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy, eliminating current requirements that such procedures be limited to cases involving life preservation, health preservation, lethal fetal anomalies, or grave fetal diagnoses incompatible with sustained life
- Allows abortions at 24 weeks or more to be performed based solely on the professional judgment of the physician
- Eliminates the requirement that circumstances permitting late-term abortions be considered independently by a treating physician and patient or health care proxy
- Removes provisions requiring "a determination by" a physician, replacing with "the professional judgment of" a physician
- Filed January 16, 2025 by Representatives Christine P. Barber (34th Middlesex) and Lindsay N. Sabadosa (1st Hampshire), with 22 total legislative co-sponsors
Legislative Description
Prioritizing patient access to care
Last Action
Reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
10/9/2025
Committee Referrals
Health Care Financing10/9/2025
Public Health2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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