Section 112:12N 1/2 - Abortion; pregnancy existing for less than 24 weeks; to be considered indepently by treating physican and patient or patient's proxy(a) Each circumstance permitting an abortion for a pregnancy that has existed for 24 weeks or more under section 12N shall be considered independently by a treating physician and a patient or the patient's health care proxy. No medical review process shall override a determination by a treating physician and a patient or the patient's health care proxy to provide an abortion consistent with said section 12N.(b) Annually, not later than September 1, every facility authorized to perform health care services under section 12N shall submit to the department of public health a written report that includes the facility's procedures and processes for providing services consistent with said section 12N and this section.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 12N 1/2
Added by Acts 2022, c. 127,§ 13, eff. 7/29/2022.