Majority of Massachusetts Voters Oppose Expanding Late-Term Abortions, New Poll Finds

Majority of Massachusetts Voters Oppose Expanding Late-Term Abortions, New Poll Finds

About 62 percent of registered voters in Massachusetts oppose allowing more late-term abortions, according to a poll released today by opponents of the proposed ROE Act abortion expansion bill.

The poll also found that about 62 percent support parental consent for abortion, and 74 percent support requiring abortions at 24 weeks or later to be performed in a hospital.

Paid Family and Medical Leave Not Ready for Prime Time in Massachusetts, Supporters Say
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Paid Family and Medical Leave Not Ready for Prime Time in Massachusetts, Supporters Say

NBP Staff

The soon-to-be-implemented paid family and medical leave tax in Massachusetts has so many problems that its supporters are calling for a three-month delay in implementing it, and many state legislators who approved the bill last year agree.

A coalition of labor and business groups who negotiated the so-called "grand bargain" last summer recently called for state legislators to delay the 0.63 percent payroll tax until October 1 instead of July 1, as currently provided by the new state law.

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