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Democratic pro-abortion rights PAC hopes to oust Gov. Baker By STEVE LeBLANC April 14, 2021 GMT BOSTON (AP) — A national political action committee dedicated to helping elect Democratic woman who support abortion rights say they are targeting a series of Republican governors, including Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. The group, EMILY’s List, faulted Baker for refusing to expand abortion rights in Massachusetts. Specifically, the group criticized Baker for opposing legislation that would e...

Pro-lifer recounts political fight in liberal state Saturday, January 9, 2021  |  Chris Woodward (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish The controversial Roe Act may be law in liberal Massachusetts but a pro-life group remains positive. Myrna Maloney Flynn of Massachusetts Citizens for Life told EWTN Pro-Life Weekly that it has been two “strenuous” years after the legislation was filed but the public has responded positively, she said, to the pro-life group’s effort to educate it on the aborti...

In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Bakers veto of what is called the Roe...

One day earlier, Monday, the state house had voted to override. The Roe Act is now law in the Bay State. And what does it say? Drafted and adopted to protect a womans right to an abortion, should Roe vs. Wade be overturned by the Supreme Court, it guarantees 16-year-old girls the right to abort their unborn children, without their parents consent, through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. But the Roe Act covers this problem as well. If the "mental health" of the teenager is imperiled, she can st...

In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of what is called the Roe Act.

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Mass. Legislature overrides veto, expands access to abortion | 2020/12/30

Massachusetts legislature overrides veto, expands access to abortion Dec 30, 2020 A pro-life sign is displayed during the annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24, 2020. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/AP.) The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday voted to override the Republican governor’s veto of legislation that expands access to abortion in the state, making the measure law. BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday voted to override the Republican governor’s veto of legislation that ex...

BOSTON —  The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday voted to override the Republican governor’s veto of legislation that expands access to abortion in the state, making the measure law. The Democratic-controlled Senate’s 32-8 override came a day after the Democratic-controlled House similarly voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto 107-46. The bill, known as the Roe Act, codifies abortion rights into state law, allows abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy in cases where the child will n...

As a Massachusetts proposal to expand abortion access nears the finish line, a longtime advocate now finds reproductive rights issues “hitting home” particularly hard. Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch of Temple Anshe Amunim in Pittsfield has advocated over the past two years for the Massachusetts Legislature to pass the ROE Act, which seeks to “remove obstacles and expand abortion access.” This year, Hirsch has become pregnant. “It’s very present, this worry over where you fa...