Monday's executive order is driven by a pending case over whether Idaho's abortion ban conflicts with federal law requiring certain hospitals to provide 'necessary stabilizing treatment' in emergency situations.
Gov. Maura Healey issued an executive order Monday meant to safeguard access to emergency abortions as her administration girds for U.S. Supreme Court rulings this week that could further unravel reproductive care options across the country.
"Two years ago, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, I pledged to the people of Massachusetts that we were going to protect and expand reproductive freedom," Healey said in a statement."But with continued attacks on women’s health and freedom across the country, and the Supreme Court poised to rule any day now in a case that could prevent pregnant women from receiving emergency, life-saving treatment, we must continue to act.
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