Massachusetts saw a 5.7 percent increase in abortions in 2022 from the previous year.
There were 17,757 abortions in Massachusetts in 2022 — nearly 1,000 more abortions than there were in 2021 (16,795 abortions), according to data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health obtained by NewBostonPost.
The Massachusetts Governor's Council has unanimously approved a pardon for Kenny Jean, a Haitian immigrant who robbed a bank in Seekonk in 2015.
The pardon of Jean's armed robbery felony conviction makes it unlikely that Jean, 28, will be deported. He has lived in the United States since he was 6. According to a lawyer who represents him, Jean has "a borderline IQ ~70" and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome, reactive attachment disorder, and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.
