Maura Healey’s Proposed Budget Would Give $2 Million To Private Abortion Funds

If Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey gets what she wants, Bay State taxpayers will pay several million dollars to fund abortions in fiscal year 2024. Since a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in 1981, public funding in Massachusetts has paid the full cost of abortion for women whose incomes are low enough to qualify for Medicaid; it's one of 16 states with publicly-funded elective abortions. That costs the state more than $2 million per year, as NewBostonPost has previously reported

If Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey gets what she wants, Bay State taxpayers will pay several million dollars to fund abortions in fiscal year 2024. Since a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in 1981, public funding in Massachusetts has paid the full cost of abortion for women whose incomes are low enough to qualify for Medicaid; it's one of 16 states with publicly-funded elective abortions. That costs the state more than $2 million per year, as NewBostonPost has previously reported…