Massachusetts is expanding abortion protections to include medication abortion amid a nationwide legal fight calling the treatment’s authorization into question.
that the Texas decision could threaten access to the drug in Massachusetts. Healey said in a statement Monday she “will always protect access to reproductive health care, including medication abortion.”“Our response in Massachusetts is going to be to double down for freedom,” Healey told a crowd outside the State House.
The Texas decision was set to take effect this Friday, but the Washington state decision takes effect immediately.on medication abortion means the question could head to the Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade last year. While the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade left the matter up to the states, the legal fight over mifepristone hinges upon the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to greenlight the drug.
That decision could ultimately affect whether abortion-friendly states like Massachusetts could make the medication available and protect providers who administer it.
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