Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker wanted to make a change to the abortion expansion bill, but the Massachusetts Senate rejected it.
Baker, although a supporter of legal abortion, does not support the abortion bill as written, arguing that 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds should continue to have to get permission from a parent or a judge in order to get an abortion. He also wants to tighten the language describing when abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy can take place.
Experts expect that the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts will get worse before it gets better, but that improvement could be not that far away.
A University of Massachusetts at Amherst coronavirus projection model says that new cases will hit 41,954 in Massachusetts in the week of January 2, 2021 — up 25 percent from last week, as Boston.com reports. However, the model projects a decline during the week of January 9.
