Massachusetts Removes Gestational Limit on Abortion via H.5595
Massachusetts enacted H.5595 removing all statutory gestational limits on abortion and placing sole discretion with the attending physician. The law joins ten other U.S. jurisdictions without gestational caps. Primary bill text and gubernatorial statements confirm the change while opposition records document retained viability and pain-capacity concerns.
Implementation begins in 90 days. Legislative records indicate no attached appropriations for expanded neonatal or perinatal services that might offset the expanded legal scope. Future data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will reveal whether procedure volumes or gestational distributions shift materially from the pre-2026 baseline.
Massachusetts DPH: Late-term abortions remain below 1.2 percent of total procedures through calendar year 2027.
Sources (2)
- [1]Massachusetts General Court H.5595 Bill Text(https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H5595)
- [2]National Right to Life Statement August 2026(https://www.nrlc.org)