Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey rejected a proposed ballot initiative that would ask voters to reinstate the state's born-alive law — and pro-lifers aren't happy about it.
On Wednesday, Healey rejected a proposed initiative that would have guaranteed medical care to babies born alive after an attempted abortion. Healey argued that the language was too vague for voters. As it stands, the proposal cannot move forward and try to collect signatures to make the ballot, barring a successful appeal to the state's highest court.
Supporters of a ballot petition seeking to scuttle a proposed carbon fee on fuel can bring the question before Massachusetts voters if they get enough signatures, the state Attorney General said.
The petition, called "An Act Preserving Consumer Access To Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels," seeks to defeat Governor Charlie Baker's Transportation and Climate Initiative, which would add a carbon fee on fuel that would make gasoline and diesel more expensive at the pump, with the revenue to go toward improving public transportation.
