Leaders in the Massachusetts House and Senate plan to bring abortion expansion legislation to the floor during the lame-duck session that starts Wednesday, but they aren't saying whether that means the proposed ROE Act abortion expansion bill.
The ROE Act bill has languished in committee for more than a year, amid a lukewarm response from House Speaker Robert DeLeo and opposition from Governor Charlie Baker. Earlier this year it seemed dead for the current legislative 2019-2020 legislative session, because there was no movement on it ahead of the ordinary deadline for formal sessions of the state Legislature, which is July 31.