Governor Maura Healey signed legislation on August 10, 2026, removing Massachusetts’ 24-week gestational limit on abortion, making the state the 10th (or 11th, depending on counting D.C.) in the U.S. with no statutory cutoff. The new law, titled the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act (H.5595), allows abortions at any stage of pregnancy based on the professional judgment of a physician, replacing previous restrictions that permitted late-term procedures only in life-threatening situations or severe fetal anomalies.
