Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-262

EHS 262

Prohibiting discrimination based on developmental disabilities in abortion procedures

Mr. Tran moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section _ the following:-

"SECTION_. Chapter 112 is hereby amended by inserting after section 12M the following new section:-

Section 12M 1/2. Notwithstanding regulations listed within M.G.L. c.112 §§ 12L, 12M 12K, 12P, 12O, an abortion as defined in M.G.L. c.112 §12k shall not be performed if reasoning for said abortion is due to the fetus based on the medical professional scheduled to perform the procedure’s best medical reasoning may be born with intellectual and developmental disabilities including but not limited to autism and down syndrome. Said abortion may only be performed after the pregnant individual and or parents of the minor pregnant individual have consulted with advisability group with respect to the intellectual and or developmental disability that the medical professional has stated the fetus may be born with."