The Massachusetts Republican Party does not support the abortion expansion bill on Beacon Hill, but one GOP state representative does.
The party vigorously opposes the bill. The Massachusetts Republican Party chairman Jim Lyons calls it an infanticide bill. Dictionary.com's three definitions of infanticide are: "the act of killing an infant"; "the practice of killing newborn infants"; and "a person who kills an infant."
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.
