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Massachusetts Anti-Abortion-Funding Drive Falls Short Again

Massachusetts Anti-Abortion-Funding Drive Falls Short Again

A petition drive seeking to make it possible to stop public funding of abortion in Massachusetts has come up short on signatures, meaning voters won't see a referendum on it in 2022. Thomas Harvey, chairman of the Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Taxpayer Funded Abortion, announced Tuesday that petition supporters "have fallen well short of the number needed."

A petition drive seeking to make it possible to stop public funding of abortion in Massachusetts has come up short on signatures, meaning voters won't see a referendum on it in 2022. Thomas Harvey, chairman of the Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Taxpayer Funded Abortion, announced Tuesday that petition supporters "have fallen well short of the number needed."…