MCFL has an extensive legislative agenda planned for the 187th session of the General Court.  In addition to the various pernicious anti-life measures that we will be opposing there are five (5) bills which we are hoping to pass.  These bills are all solid common sense measures which we are sure can pass if given a fair hearing by our legislators. Below is a list of the bills which link to more extensive materials explaining each in greater detail. We need your help.  Please contact your State Representative and Senator supporting these bills. 

UPDATE: CLICK HERE to view a current list of sponsors and co-sponsors.  Find out if your State Rep. is standing up for Life.

UPDATE: CLICK HERE to see other bills MCFL is supporting this session.

UPDATE: CLICK HERE to see testimony submitted by MCFL concerning various bills before the General Court.

The Bills:

• Laura’s Law (A Woman’s Right to Know Act) (H482): Named for Laura Hope Smith, who died as a result of a surgical abortion performed by an incompetent physician, this bill would require that women seeking to procure an abortion be clearly and accurately informed of the many serious risks to their life and health, as well as of the alternative courses open to them.

• Sex-Selected Abortion Prevention Act(H484):  This bill would make it illegal for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion the purpose of which is to destroy the child on the basis of sex—a clearly sexist procedure which is growing more common.

• The Massachusetts Partial Birth Abortion Ban(H1333): This bill would end the barbarous and utterly gratuitous practice of partial birth abortion in the Commonwealth. The 2003 federal ban, upheld by the 2007 Gonzales v. Carhart decision, may or may not be enforced by federal prosecutors, who are often more involved in other issues such as drug trafficking, tax fraud, etc. A state ban would ensure that offenders can and will be prosecuted in Massachusetts.

• The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H3295): This bill, based on extensive research indicating that unborn children endure excruciating pain during the abortion procedure, which ultimately results in their death, would require the abortionist to provide the unborn child with anesthesia prior to performing the procedure.

• The Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act (H1683): This bill would allow taxpayers to opt out of funding abortions when doing so would violate the dictates of their consciences.

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