Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2428 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3554 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2428
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Colleen M. Garry
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act protecting the health of the mother and a born alive fetus after the second trimester.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3554 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2428
18	18	By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2428) of Colleen
19	19	M. Garry relative to the health of mothers and born alive fetuses after the second trimester.
20	20	Public Health.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE HOUSE, NO. 2181 OF 2023-2024.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
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28	28	An Act protecting the health of the mother and a born alive fetus after the second trimester.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 SECTION 1. Section 12N of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the
32	32	22020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out section 12N, as amended by section
33	33	312N of chapter 263 of the Acts of 2020, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
34	34	4 Section 12N. Protecting women’s health
35	35	5 Notwithstanding section 12L, for the purpose of preventing maternal death from abortion
36	36	6or miscarriage as pregnancy progresses, no physician may perform or induce, or attempt to
37	37	7perform or induce an abortion or cause a miscarriage on any female in a stage of pregnancy after
38	38	8the second trimester unless the following conditions are met: (a) the procedure is performed in a
39	39	9hospital and (b) the physician and two consulting physicians certify, and so enter in the hospital 2 of 2
40	40	10record of the female, that in their medical opinion, based upon their best clinical judgment, the
41	41	11continuation of the pregnancy is likely to result in the death of the female. Nothing in this section
42	42	12shall prevent the medically necessary procedures to care for the mother after a miscarriage
43	43	13occurring before 20 weeks or a stillbirth or fetal death occurring after 20 weeks.
44	44	14 SECTION 2. Section 12O of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the
45	45	152020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out section 12O, as amended by section
46	46	1612O of chapter 263 of the Acts of 2020, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
47	47	17 Section 12O. Preserving the life of a fetus born alive after miscarriage or abortion
48	48	18 Notwithstanding section 12L, if an abortion is performed or an intentional miscarriage is
49	49	19caused pursuant to section 12N, the hospital where the procedure is performed shall provide all
50	50	20life-saving measures and equipment, as defined by the department of public health, and the
51	51	21physician performing the abortion or causing the miscarriage shall employ all the life-saving
52	52	22measures and equipment to preserve the life and health of the fetus born alive if it exhibits any
53	53	23clearly visible, audible, or otherwise discernable evidence of viability.