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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Signs Controversial Law Removing All Time Limits On Late-Term Abortions

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed H.5595, removing the state’s 24-week statutory abortion limit and allowing physicians to make later-abortion decisions based on professional medical judgment (Credit: Office of Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts via Wikimedia Commons)

Massachusetts has erased the gestational line that stood in its abortion law for decades, and in doing so has walked straight into one of the fiercest arguments in American politics.

Governor Maura Healey signed legislation on Monday that strips out the state's statutory time limit on abortion, replacing a detailed set of conditions governing procedures at or after 24 weeks with a single standard: the professional judgment of a physician.

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