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Massachusetts has just become the 10th state to remove statutory limits on abortion. Prior to the passage and enactment of “Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026,” what they have called “An Act Prioritizing Patient Access to Care,” Massachusetts held to a statutory limitation on abortion to the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. That is gone.