SENATE DOCKET, NO. 940        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 784

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harriette L. Chandler

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act negating archaic statutes targeting young women.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

 

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

6/21/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/25/2017

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/25/2017

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/27/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/31/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

2/1/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2017

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

2/1/2017

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/2/2017

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

2/2/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/2/2017

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

2/2/2017

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

2/3/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

2/3/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/3/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

2/3/2017

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

2/3/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

2/8/2017

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

5/1/2017

Juana B. Matias

16th Essex

10/4/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 940        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 784

 

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 733 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act negating archaic statutes targeting young women.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 12Q of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -

"Except in an emergency requiring immediate action, no abortion may be performed under section 12L or 12M unless the written consent of the proper person has been delivered to the physician performing the abortion as set forth in section 12S."

SECTION 2.  Section 19 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3.  Section 20 of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4.  Section 21 of said chapter 272 as so appearing, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 5.  Section 21A of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 2, 5, and 8 the word:- "married".