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Is ROE Act Infanticide? Pointed Exchange During Marathon Hearing on Massachusetts Abortion Bill

Is ROE Act Infanticide? Pointed Exchange During Marathon Hearing on Massachusetts Abortion Bill

Editor's Note:  The following is a transcript of an exchange about whether the proposed ROE Act abortion expansion bill in the Massachusetts Legislature would legalize infanticide. The discussion took place Monday, June 17 during a hearing before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The speakers are state Representative Sheila Harrington (R-Groton), a practicing lawyer, and two supporters of the ROE Act bill, Dr. Carole Allen, a retired pediatrician who is vice pres

Editor's Note:  The following is a transcript of an exchange about whether the proposed ROE Act abortion expansion bill in the Massachusetts Legislature would legalize infanticide. The discussion took place Monday, June 17 during a hearing before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The speakers are state Representative Sheila Harrington (R-Groton), a practicing lawyer, and two supporters of the ROE Act bill, Dr. Carole Allen, a retired pediatrician who is vice pres…