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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2651 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2370 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Christine P. Barber and Lindsay N. Sabadosa |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act prioritizing patient access to care. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/16/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/16/2025Sally P. Kerans13th Essex1/30/2025Kristin E. Kassner2nd Essex1/30/2025Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex1/30/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/30/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester1/30/2025Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex1/30/2025Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex2/12/2025Manny Cruz7th Essex2/10/2025Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex2/14/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/15/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/11/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/5/2025Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester3/4/2025David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex2/13/2025Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk3/6/2025Steven Owens29th Middlesex2/14/2025 2 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/6/2025Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex3/3/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/3/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/6/2025Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin2/12/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2651 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2370 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Barber of Somerville and Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied |
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| 20 | 20 | | by bill, House, No. 2370) of Christine P. Barber, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to |
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| 21 | 21 | | pregnancies existing for 24 weeks or more. Public Health. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act prioritizing patient access to care. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 12N of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 through 9, the words “no abortion |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3may be performed except by a physician, and only if in the best medical judgment of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4physician it is: (i) necessary to preserve the life of the patient; (ii) necessary to preserve the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5patient's physical or mental health; (iii) warranted because of a lethal fetal anomaly or diagnosis; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6or (iv) warranted because of a grave fetal diagnosis that indicates that the fetus is incompatible |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7with sustained life outside of the uterus without extraordinary medical interventions.” and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8inserting in place thereof the following words:- an abortion may be performed when based upon |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9the professional judgment of the physician. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 SECTION 2. Section 12N1/2 of said chapter 112, as so appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines1 through 4 the words “(a) Each circumstance |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12permitting an abortion for a pregnancy that has existed for 24 weeks or more under section 12N 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13shall be considered independently by a treating physician and a patient or the patient's health care |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14proxy.” |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 SECTION 3. Said section 12N1/2 of said chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16amended by striking out, in line 5, the words “a determination by” and inserting in place thereof |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17the following words:- “the professional judgment of”. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18 SECTION 4. Said section 12N1/2 of said chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19amended by striking out subsection (b). |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20 SECTION 5. Section 12P of said chapter 112, as so appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21Edition, is hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph. |
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