FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 10, 2026 

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U.S. Remains Global Outlier on Extreme Abortion Laws

BOSTON, Mass. – Today, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. The bill allows elective abortion through all nine months for any reason based on the “professional judgment” of an abortionist with a medical degree.

The United States now has a dozen states that allow elective abortion up until birth. Second- and third-trimester abortions are generally done by dismemberment of the baby or labor. Inducing labor may result in a live birth if the abortionist has not first delivered a lethal injection into the baby’s heart, which many admit they do not. According to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, over 60,000 abortions occur after 15 weeks each year – a point by which science shows the baby feels pain.

SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser mourned the news of the governor’s signature on this extreme bill:

“It should shock the conscience that tens of thousands of unborn Americans are barbarically dismembered limb by limb and torn apart every single year. Sadly, that number will only increase with Gov. Healey’s approval of the Abortion Up Until Birth Bill. The GOP must abandon the ‘leave it to the states’ position – a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one – and advance national protections for unborn children. Without a minimum national standard, the United States remains 1 of only 8 countries worldwide that allows abortion at any point in pregnancy. We must do all we can to turn the page on America’s ugly chapter of late-term abortion.”

The U.S. is 1 of 8 countries in the world along with China that allows abortion at any point, according to a 2024 study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Another study completed in 2024 shows 46 of 50 countries in Europe limit abortion after 15 weeks.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.

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