America's Democrats seem to be gripped by the cult of death. Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Maura Healey signed a new law Monday eliminating the need for specific medical justifications for abortion past 24 weeks, establishing effectively unlimited abortion up to birth in the state.
Under previous state law, an abortion may only be performed past 24 weeks if a physician deems it “necessary to preserve the life of the patient”; “necessary to preserve the patient’s physical or mental health”; “warranted because of a lethal fetal anomaly or diagnosis”; or “warranted because of a grave fetal diagnosis that indicates that the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside of the uterus without extraordinary medical interventions.”
Such exceptions, pro-lifers have long warned, give abortionists ample wiggle room to authorize late-term abortions under false pretenses. But H. 5595 would do away with even those conditions, replacing the language with “an abortion may be performed by a physician based upon the professional judgment of the physician.” It would also add language that “no medical review process shall override the professional judgment of a treating physician and a patient or the patient’s health care proxy to provide an abortion consistent with the new section.”
The state’s radically pro-abortion governor signed the law in a ceremony Monday surrounded by women (some wearing white doctors’ coats) who clapped their hands in celebration.