The Massachusetts House of Representatives has voted to override the governor's veto of the abortion bill, making it likely the bill will become law..The House voted 107-46 on Monday, December 28 for the measure. The tally was announced at 12:56 p.m. Monday..The veto override vote took place four days after Governor Charlie Baker vetoed the bill on Thursday, December 24..The bill would allow 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls to get an abortion without the consent of a parent or a judge and would remove language in current state law requiring that a doctor try to save the life of a baby born alive after an attempted abortion..It would also explicitly add a circumstance to abortions allowed after 24 weeks of pregnancy – cases where a fetus has been diagnosed with a fatal condition expected to cause death not long after birth..The Massachusetts Senate, which has already voted in favor of the bill by a larger percentage than the House, is expected to override the governor's veto, perhaps as early as Tuesday, December 29..If that happens, then the only long-term recourse for opponents of the bill is to try to take a ballot question to the voters in November 2022..The legislation is Massachusetts House Bill 5179, titled "An Act Providing For Access To Reproductive Health Services."
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has voted to override the governor's veto of the abortion bill, making it likely the bill will become law..The House voted 107-46 on Monday, December 28 for the measure. The tally was announced at 12:56 p.m. Monday..The veto override vote took place four days after Governor Charlie Baker vetoed the bill on Thursday, December 24..The bill would allow 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls to get an abortion without the consent of a parent or a judge and would remove language in current state law requiring that a doctor try to save the life of a baby born alive after an attempted abortion..It would also explicitly add a circumstance to abortions allowed after 24 weeks of pregnancy – cases where a fetus has been diagnosed with a fatal condition expected to cause death not long after birth..The Massachusetts Senate, which has already voted in favor of the bill by a larger percentage than the House, is expected to override the governor's veto, perhaps as early as Tuesday, December 29..If that happens, then the only long-term recourse for opponents of the bill is to try to take a ballot question to the voters in November 2022..The legislation is Massachusetts House Bill 5179, titled "An Act Providing For Access To Reproductive Health Services."
