Late-term abortion is now on the governor’s desk. The MA House and Senate have passed H.5595, An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care, after suspending the rules and fast-tracking the radical abortion expansion bill through both legislatures.
The Governor is expected to sign the bill this week. This is the last opportunity to stop this horrific bill from being made law. Even if you have previously taken action, we ask that you do so again, and we have provided you with a suggested email and phone script at the bottom of this blog.
This bill, pushed by pro-abortion activist groups like Planned Parenthood, is a dangerous attempt to remove virtually all remaining protections in the Commonwealth for unborn babies. H.5595 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.
This is the last stop before unrestricted late-term abortion becomes law in Massachusetts. We urge you to contact Governor Healey immediately and tell her to veto this dangerous bill.
To learn more about why we oppose this bill, read the brief here.
The time to act is now. Tell the governor to veto H.5595 by filling out the form linked above. We have provided you with a suggested email that you can insert into the form – fill in your information where necessary and contact Governor Healey directly! We have also provided a suggested phone script to use if you choose to call her office at (617) 725-4005.
EMAIL:
Dear Governor Healey,
My name is [INSERT NAME]. I am writing to ask you to oppose H.5595, An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care, by vetoing the bill when it reaches your desk.
H.5595 removes virtually all remaining restrictions on abortion in Massachusetts. Current law allows abortion after 24 weeks only to save the mother’s life, protect her health, or in cases of a lethal fetal diagnosis. This bill strips out those standards, permitting abortion based solely on “the professional judgment of the physician,” with no second opinion required and no medical justification needed. That means abortions could be performed at full term, days before natural birth, for any reason or no reason at all.
The bill also eliminates the existing independent medical review process and the reporting safeguard for late-term procedures. These are not technicalities: they are protections meant to catch coercion and abuse, and they matter most for women in crisis and young girls least equipped to advocate for themselves. Removing them creates unsafe conditions for women seeking late-term abortions.
For these reasons, I am asking you to oppose H.5595 by vetoing the bill when it reaches your desk.
Sincerely,
[INSERT NAME]
PHONE – (617) 725-4005 :
Hello Governor Healey. My name is [INSERT NAME]. I live at [INSERT ADDRESS]. I am calling to ask you to oppose H.5595, An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care, by vetoing the bill when it reaches your desk.
H.5595 removes virtually all remaining restrictions on abortion in Massachusetts. Current law allows abortion after 24 weeks only to save the mother’s life, protect her health, or in cases of a lethal fetal diagnosis. This bill strips out those standards, permitting abortion based solely on “the professional judgment of the physician,” with no second opinion required and no medical justification needed. That means abortions could be performed at full term, days before natural birth, for any reason or no reason at all.
The bill also eliminates the existing independent medical review process and the reporting safeguard for late-term procedures. These are not technicalities: they are protections meant to catch coercion and abuse, and they matter most for women in crisis and young girls least equipped to advocate for themselves. Removing them creates unsafe conditions for women seeking late-term abortions.
For these reasons, I am asking you to oppose H.5595 by vetoing the bill when it reaches your desk. Thank you.
Sincerely,
[INSERT NAME]
