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MA S1563
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robyn Kennedy
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AI Summary
- Removes existing restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy, which currently require medical necessity to preserve the patient's life, health, or due to lethal/grave fetal anomalies
- Replaces the specific criteria for late-term abortions with a standard based solely on "the professional judgment of the physician"
- Eliminates the requirement that circumstances for post-24-week abortions be considered independently by both a treating physician and the patient or health care proxy
- Strikes subsection (b) of Section 12N½ and the second paragraph of Section 12P from Chapter 112 of the General Laws
- Filed by Senator Robyn K. Kennedy (First Worcester) on January 16, 2025, with five co-sponsors from both chambers
Legislative Description
Prioritizing patient access to care
Last Action
Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
3/12/2026
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means3/12/2026
Health Care Financing1/8/2026
Public Health2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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