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Doctors and abortion funds urge removal of arbitrary post‑24‑week limits, say patients still forced to travel
Summary
Specialists, hospital clinicians and abortion‑fund representatives told the committee that Massachusetts’ gestational cutoff for abortion care forces some patients to travel out of state for medically necessary later procedures; witnesses backed H.2370 / S.1563 to give clinicians discretion to provide care after 24 weeks based on professional
Clinicians, patients and abortion‑fund representatives urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to remove or clarify Massachusetts’ 24‑week limit on abortion care so that decisions after that point can be made by patients and their physicians rather than by a legal cutoff.
"When you are a young person who is trying to finish school and plan for the future, every one of these days matter," said Dr. Lou Ireland, chief medical officer at…
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