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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVI - Public Health
Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations
Section 12n - Abortion; Pregnancy Existing for 24 Weeks or More
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MA Gen L ch 112 § 12n (2023)
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Section 12N. If a pregnancy has existed for 24 weeks or more, no abortion may be performed except by a physician, and only if in the best medical judgement of the physician it is: (i) necessary to preserve the life of the patient; (ii) necessary to preserve the patient's physical or mental health; (iii) warranted because of a lethal fetal anomaly or diagnosis; or (iv) warranted because of a grave fetal diagnosis that indicates that the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside of the uterus without extraordinary medical interventions.
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