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Healey's emergency declaration blocks bid to suspend Mass. abortion law

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Boston, MA – September 22: Governor Maura Healey speaks at a State House press conference on September 22, 2026. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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  1. NBC Boston

    Healey's emergency declaration blocks bid to suspend Mass. abortion law (opens NBC Boston)

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    Boston, MA – September 22: Governor Maura Healey speaks at a State House press conference on September 22, 2026. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

  2. The Boston Globe

    Healey uses executive power to put abortion law into effect, blocking opponents’ push to suspend it (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Governor Maura Healey declared the law an emergency about a week after antiabortion activists said they had collected enough signatures to suspend it and put a question on the 2028 ballot asking voters to repeal the measure.

  3. GBH News

    Healey takes emergency action to implement new Mass. abortion law (opens GBH News)

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    The governor leapfrogged anti-abortion advocates who’d gathered signatures to freeze the law’s implementation.

  4. New Boston Post

    Maura Healey Blocks Late-Term Abortion Law Suspension As Repeal Effort Advances (opens New Boston Post)

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    Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to immediately enact a Massachusetts abortion law, preventing opponents from suspending it ahead of a 2028 repeal vote.

  5. CommonWealth Beacon

    Healey move puts abortion law into effect early, relaxing restrictions and teeing up fierce 2028 ballot fight (opens CommonWealth Beacon)

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    In the letter announcing the preamble, Healey said the state’s exemptions to its previous restrictions on later abortions have proven “too narrow to account for the full spectrum of high-risk pregnancy complications that can arise later in pregnancy.”

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