Massachusetts allows abortion up to the point of birth.
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Bannon`s War RoomAug 17, 2026
Sources show Massachusetts' 2026 law (St. 2026, c. 188) removed the old 24-week limit, so abortion after 24 weeks is allowed based on physician judgment with no statutory time limit, which makes the claim technically accurate.
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… and really from a pro-life perspective, this case going on in Massachusetts, the woman who's murdered her children, she doesn't dispute this, but has now raised almost a million dollars on TikTok, and we're trying to understand where it is that this, these, in the same state where they're now allowing abortion all the way up to the point of birth, and if people don't think that's connected to these levels of anti life forces in our country, the anti life movement, and I'm speaking to pro life leaders all about this, it all comes from the very same place, Steve. …
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Supports. The Mass.gov list and the statute text show St. 2026, c. 188 ensures abortion access after 24 weeks, and the new law permits abortion after 24 weeks based on the professional judgment of the physician.[3][4]
Supports. Newsweek, Deseret and SAN report that the new law removes the statutory time limit, so abortion is technically allowed up until birth.[5][6][7]
Context. Snopes says the 'abortion until birth' framing is an overstatement in practice, since the law is a physician-judgment standard rather than an elective right, and the fetal-viability threshold it cites is around 24 weeks.[1]
Context. National Review and the 2022 AP coverage describe the broader Massachusetts abortion framework; the 2022 law protected access but did not set a gestational limit.[2][8]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 3 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Making sense of claim Massachusetts legalized 'abortion until birth'snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Massachusetts governor signs bill protecting abortion accessapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Massachusetts law about abortion | Mass.govmass.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4malegislature.gov › Laws › GeneralLawsGeneral Law - Part I, Title XVI, Chapter 112, Section 12Nmalegislature.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Massachusetts removes abortion restrictions, joining list of ...newsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Massachusetts legalizes abortion through 9 months of pregnancydeseret.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Massachusetts expands abortion access. Here’s the nuance missing from some coveragesan.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Massachusetts' New Abortion Law is ‘Normalizing the Deaths of Fully-Developed Infants,' Pro-Lifers Warnnationalreview.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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