Family · Statewide · MA · August 29, 2026
Massachusetts Law Allows Abortion Until Birth; National Media Mostly Silent
On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation permitting abortion at any point in pregnancy based on "the professional judgment of the physician," according to the Daily Signal. Abortion-rights advocates describe the measure as "closing gaps" in existing protections; pro-life critics call it an "abortion until birth" law. The bill passed the state House in July and the state Senate shortly after, with The New York Times and an AP dispatch in The Washington Post covering those votes. The Daily Signal reports it found no coverage of the actual bill-signing on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, or NPR, and that the AP's own report on the bill's near-passage used the phrase "opponents say" before confirming in its sixth paragraph that the bill would allow abortion until birth. Gov. Healey has identified publicly as Catholic; the Daily Signal notes the Catholic Church officially opposes abortion, and some Catholics have called for her excommunication over the signing. This is a confirmed state law and a media-coverage claim from one outlet's review; broader network coverage patterns were not independently verified in the source article.
Source: Daily Signal
Why Bible-Believing Christians Should Care
Scripture is unambiguous that the unborn are known and formed by God in the womb, and that human life carries inherent worth from conception. A law permitting abortion at any stage, decided solely by physician discretion, treats a fully formed child as disposable — a position no biblical Christian can affirm as compatible with the sanctity of life. The additional detail that Gov. Healey claims Catholic identity while enacting what her own church calls gravely immoral illustrates a broader pattern: public figures invoking a Christian label while acting against clear biblical and even their own tradition's teaching on life. Christians should note both the policy itself and how selectively national media choose which "extreme" positions to scrutinize.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. — Psalm 139:13
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