Bill > H5595

This bill, titled "Prioritizing patient access to care," aims to remove existing restrictions on abortion access by amending Chapter 112 of the General Laws. Specifically, it proposes to replace the current requirement that abortions be performed only by a physician and only if deemed necessary to preserve the life or health of the patient, or due to specific fetal conditions, with a simpler standard allowing abortions to be performed by a physician based on their professional judgment. Furthermore, the bill introduces a new section stating that no medical review process can overrule the professional judgment of a treating physician and a patient (or their health care proxy) in providing an abortion. Finally, it strikes out the second paragraph of Section 12P of Chapter 112, the specific content of which is not detailed in the provided text but is understood to be related to the existing abortion regulations.