HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2548        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3320

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patricia A. Haddad and Jay D. Livingstone

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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 removing obstacles and expanding access to women's reproductive health.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/17/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/17/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/17/2019

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

1/17/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/18/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/22/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/22/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/22/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/22/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/22/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/23/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/23/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/23/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

1/28/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/29/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/31/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/23/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/28/2019

Daniel R. Carey

2nd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/28/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/29/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/23/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/23/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/24/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/26/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/29/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

1/29/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/29/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/24/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/24/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/28/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

1/31/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/24/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/23/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

1/31/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/28/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/30/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/25/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/27/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/26/2019

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

1/30/2019

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

1/30/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/28/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/30/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/24/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/23/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/30/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/30/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/28/2019

William M. Straus

10th Bristol

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

1/31/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

1/31/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/31/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2548        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3320

By Representatives Haddad of Somerset and Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3320) of Patricia A. Haddad, Jay D. Livingstone and others relative to abortion and removing obstacles and expanding access to women's reproductive health.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act removing obstacles and expanding access to women's reproductive health.

 

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. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 12K, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:

Section 12K. As used in section twelve L to section twelve U, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:

Abortion, any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a clinically diagnosable pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth.  The term abortion does not include miscarriage management. 

Hospital, a hospital as defined in section fifty-two of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws, and duly licensed

under the provisions of section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.

Physician, an individual lawfully authorized to practice medicine within the Commonwealth.

Pregnancy, means the presence of an implanted human embryo or fetus within a person’s uterus.

SECTION 2. Said Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby further amended by striking out Sections 12L through 12U, inclusive, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following sections:

Section 12L.  The Commonwealth shall not interfere with a person’s personal decision and ability to prevent, commence, terminate, or continue their own pregnancy consistent with this chapter.  The Commonwealth shall not restrict the use of medically appropriate methods of abortion or the manner in which medically appropriate abortion is provided.

   Section 12M.  A physician, acting within their lawful scope of practice, may perform an abortion when, according to the physician’s best medical judgment, the patient is within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, as defined in section 12K of this chapter.  A physician, acting within their lawful scope of practice, may perform an abortion when, according to the physician’s best medical judgment based on the facts of the patient’s case, the patient is beyond twenty-four weeks from the commencement of pregnancy and the abortion is necessary to protect the patient’s life or physical or mental health, in cases of lethal fetal anomalies, or where the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the uterus.  Medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors—physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the person’s age—relevant to the well-being of the patient.

12N. Prior to performing an abortion, a physician shall obtain the pregnant patient’s written informed consent on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health.  A pregnant person seeking an abortion shall sign the consent form before the abortion is performed, except in an emergency requiring immediate action.  The consent form and any other forms shall be confidential and may not be released to any person other than to the pregnant person to whom such documents relate or the operating physician, except by the pregnant patient’s written consent; provided, however, that this requirement shall not impose any waiting period between the signing of the consent form and the performance of the abortion.

12O.  The department of public health shall have the authority to require aggregate reports regarding induced termination of pregnancy pursuant to sections twenty-four A and twenty-five A of chapter one hundred and eleven.

SECTION 3.  Section 12F of Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line XXX, the words “abortion or”.

SECTION 4. Section 10E of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines XX, clause (i) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(i) all medically necessary care relative to pregnancy, including but not limited to abortion, care to maintain health during the course of the pregnancy and delivery, and newborn hospital care;