Kathleen Melendy

Rule Changes

Supports the law and Healey's emergency action

Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble on Nov. 6 that put Massachusetts' new abortion law into effect immediately, hours after a repeal coalition submitted enough signatures to suspend it. The law, signed in August, allows abortions at or beyond 24 weeks based on a provider's medical judgment. Without the emergency action, it would have taken effect Nov. 9 but could have been frozen while opponents pursued a 2028 repeal referendum.

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