We want to alert you to a dangerous bill heading to the MA Senate floor now. S.1563, deceptively titled “An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care,” is scheduled to be voted on THIS WEEK. MFI has fought hard to oppose this Radical Abortion Expansion Bill, and we need your help to stop it.
This bill, pushed by radical pro-abortion activist groups like Planned Parenthood, are a dangerous attempt to remove virtually all remaining protections in the Commonwealth for unborn babies. S.1563 allows abortion past 24 weeks with no requirement of medical justification, meaning abortions could be performed at full term, just days before natural birth, for any reason or no reason at all.
The bill also eliminates the Department of Public Health’s oversight of the policies and protocols that medical facilities use handle late-term abortions. This removes an important layer of accountability for how a facility conducts a procedure at a stage when a baby is fully viable. Facilities should not be left to police themselves when it comes to something as hazardous as late-term abortion.
In addition, current law requires late-term abortions to be performed in a hospital — recognition that a procedure this serious, at this stage of pregnancy, demands a hospital’s resources and safeguards. This bill eliminates that requirement. A late-term abortion could legally be performed anywhere a provider chooses, with none of the protections a hospital setting is meant to guarantee.
This is not healthcare – this is a direct attack on the dignity of life.
To learn more about why we oppose this bill, read the brief here.
This bill has already passed the MA House. This is the last stop before the governor’s desk. We urge you to contact your Senator immediately and tell them to oppose this dangerous bill.
The time to act is now. Even if you have already messaged your legislators, we encourage you to do so again, and tell them to vote NO on S.1563.
Every minute counts in the fight for life. Once the vote happens, it’s too late.
After you take action, please share this alert on social media and urge everyone you know to make their voices heard.
