Urgent Matters on Beacon Hill

For John, BLUF:  An EMail from Mr Evan Lips, MASS GOP Communications Director, alterted me to this.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Massachusetts House To Vote On Expanding Abortion Access

From WGBH, by Reporter Mike Deehan, 9 November 2020.

Here is the lede plus two:

House lawmakers will vote on allowing abortions after 24 weeks and ending parental consent for the procedure this week when they take up their budget bill.

A version of the ROE Act, redrafted and filed by Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Claire Cronin, will come up for a vote with Speaker Robert DeLeo's blessing this week when the House tackles nearly 800 budget amendments.

In a statement, DeLeo wrote that "it is urgent that the House take up an immediate measure to remove barriers to women’s reproductive health options and protect the concepts enshrined in Roe v. Wade," in state law.

So what is urgent at this time?  I would think that the cause of urgency would be laid out, but then I am a Republican.

Not mentioned by Reporter Deehan is that the model bill, the ROE Act, includes the authority to terminate the life of those who survive abortion, or birth.  Mr Lips wrote:

Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons said Monday.  “As WBUR reported, this budget amendment is essentially the same bill as the so-called ROE Act which allows babies who have survived abortions to be killed on the spot.”

How does ending a live birth help the Mother?  Are there no adoption agencies?  Have they all be squeezed out?  Or does the Mother need to know the child is extinguished in order to move on with her life?

Regards  —  Cliff