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Planned Parenthood and medical providers press committee to remove judicial bypass; opponents raise parental‑consent and constitutional concerns
Joint Committee on the Judiciary (Massachusetts Legislature) · November 18, 2025
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Summary
Planned Parenthood, clinicians and reproductive-rights groups urged H1991 and S1244/H1815 to ease minors' access to abortion care and to remove judicial bypass; opponents argued the bills would erode parental authority and could permit minors to consent to wide preventive care without safeguards.
Planned Parenthood and reproductive‑rights groups urged the committee to advance bills that would eliminate judicial bypass and remove parental-consent barriers for some teens (H1991, S1244/H1815). Clinicians testified that judicial bypass subjects adolescents to delay, stigma and a…
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