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Late-term abortion takes front seat as blue state rushes to expand access before session ends
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Massachusetts is poised to dramatically expand access to abortions access up to 24 weeks of pregnancy in a mad dash by Democrat lawmakers to pass the measure before the legislative session ends Friday.
The Prioritizing Patients’ Access to Care Act is on a fast track to clear the Massachusetts Legislature after passing the House 119-33 last week. It marks the latest effort by Democratic-led states to expand abortion protections after the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision returned abortion policy to the states.
Supporters say the New England state bill removes barriers to medically necessary care, while opponents contend it would make Massachusetts one of the nation’s least restrictive states for abortions later in pregnancy.
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Pro-life supporters take part in the anti-abortion ‘March For Life’ through central London to a rally in Parliament Square in London, United Kingdom on September 6, 2025. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)
If enacted, the bill would remove current legal requirements limiting abortions after 24 weeks to four specific circumstances — protecting the patient’s life, physical health, mental health, or cases involving a lethal fetal anomaly or a grave fetal diagnosis.
Instead, the bill would allow licensed physicians to decide whether an abortion after 24 weeks is appropriate based on their own medical judgment. It would also prevent third-party medical reviewers from overruling decisions made by a patient and their doctor.
The proposal mirrors a law Maine enacted in 2023 that similarly allows late-term abortions based on a physician’s judgment.
«The goal of passing this legislation is simple. Medical decisions should be made by a patient and their doctor,» bill sponsor Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa, D-Northampton, said in a statement. «Massachusetts has one of the best health care systems in the country, and patients should be able to rely on their providers to deliver medically appropriate care without restrictions that can fail to account for the complexity of individual medical circumstances.»
«By removing those barriers, we can ensure that no one has to leave Massachusetts to receive the care they need.»
Supporters of the bill argue that existing statutory exceptions are too narrow to account for every serious pregnancy complication.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a Senate hearing while pointing to a chart showing fetal development stages on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Courtesy U.S. Senate Photographic services)
Claire Teylouni, interim co-executive director of Reproductive Equity Now, told the New York Times about a 2021 case in which a woman had to leave Massachusetts for an abortion after her fetus suffered a stroke at 33 weeks because providers did not believe the case fit within the state’s existing legal exceptions.
«She was shocked that she had to leave Massachusetts to get this care,» Teylouni told The New York Times. «Providers say they want to be able to use their professional expertise to make decisions — that’s how we treat almost every other area of health care.»
Opponents say the current law already includes broad exceptions and argue the bill would remove existing limits on abortions after 24 weeks.
«The current law that exists in Massachusetts allows abortion up until 24 weeks, and it already has exceptions,» Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Communications Direct Kelsey Pritchard told Fox News Digital. «It has health and life exceptions for the mother, but it even has exceptions that allow for so-called fetal anomaly abortion, so if the baby has a life-limiting diagnosis, if the baby has a disability diagnosis, already in Massachusetts you can abort those babies seemingly at any point.
«And so what this new bill would do is allow abortion throughout the second and third trimesters if you have an abortionist who has a medical degree who can sign off on that for you, so essentially they’re opening the door to elective abortion at any point in pregnancy,» Pritchard said.
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Pritchard also criticized the legislative process, saying Democratic leaders moved quickly to pass the measure before lawmakers adjourn.
«There’s really no justification for them to make their law this extreme,» she said. «It’s something that they’ve been doing in secret. They kind of tried to fly under the radar when they passed this bill in the House. And then they bypassed the full Senate committee process to fast-track this and get this done before their legislative session ends on July 31.»
Pro-life supporters celebrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022. The US Supreme Court ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 «Roe v Wade» decision that enshrined a woman’s right to an abortion and said individual states can permit or restrict the procedure themselves. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
Republicans in the legislature also questioned both the substance of the bill and how quickly it advanced.
Republican state Rep. Kelly Pease told WWLP that he was caught off guard by the proposal.
«I think most of our caucus was. It’s like, where did this come from?» Pease said. «I don’t see how I’m going to be in favor of a bill that allows babies over six months to be terminated when they’re probably viable outside the womb, unless there’s extenuating circumstances, and this kind of just takes away some of the safeguards that were in place before.»
Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey has made expanding abortion access one of the defining priorities of her administration.
Since taking office in 2023, she has called Massachusetts a «beacon of reproductive freedom» for abortion access in the post-Dobbs era, having directed state agencies to shield abortion providers and patients from out-of-state legal action and ordered the state to stockpile mifepristone after a federal court challenged the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill. She has not publicly weighed in on this bill.
Fox News Digital reached out to Healey for comment.
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A Democratic House nominee in California, who has made affordability a key issue in his campaign and is backed by a top Bernie Sanders group, is worth up to tens of millions of dollars.
Eric Jones, who is running in California’s 4th Congressional District, reported between $18 and $86 million in assets, according to campaign finance disclosures.
Along with other holdings, Jones owns a $4.6 million Napa home, which includes a pool, with furnishings and artwork estimated at between $393,000 to $578,000, a Fox News Digital review found.
His evaluation contrasts sharply with his populist campaign platform, where he has painted himself as a relatable figure who has also grappled with concerns about affordability.
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Eric Jones, Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s fourth congressional district, poses for a photo. (Eric Jones for Conrgess)
«The cost of living continues to rise,» Jones said in an April campaign video.
«I’m running for Congress because I know what it feels like to do everything right and still struggle… I will never take a dollar from a corporate PAC, I will never take a dime from a lobbyist, and I will never trade a stock while I serve you in Congress.»
Throughout his campaign, Jones has highlighted his family’s struggle with financial stability. He grew up in a military family and had a disabled father. According to Jones, the family also struggled to overcome medical debt, relying on Medicaid and food stamps.
On his website, Jones has listed three main priorities: ending corruption, lowering the cost of living and resource sustainability in government. His stances have attracted endorsements from progressive groups like Indivisible and Our Revolution, organizations with ties to progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has repeatedly attacked millionaires and billionaires throughout his career despite being a millionaire himself.
«A Congress of millionaires will legislate for their corporate investments. A Congress from the working class will legislate for the people,» Our Revolution posted on X in 2022.
In a 2025 post, Our Revolution shared a graphic attacking the number of millionaires in Congress. Despite several posts against millionaires and the wealthy, the group gave him a glowing endorsement.
«Our Revolution believes in leaders who fight for working people with integrity and courage,» the endorsement said. «Eric Jones is one of those leaders — and we’re proud to stand with him as he brings a people-powered movement to Congress in 2026.»
Jones’ wealth came from his career in investing. Shortly after graduating from Yale, he joined Dragoneer Investment Group in San Francisco in 2013. The group is a venture capital group that invests in technology and high-growth companies like ByteDance and Alibaba, a pair of Chinese businesses with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
By the age of 27 in 2017, Jones had become the group’s first non-founding partner. During his 12 years with the group, Dragoneer exploded in value, going from managing $180 million in assets to $24 billion.
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The U.S. Capitol past traffic on North Capitol street in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Jones listed an $8 million salary with the group from last year in his campaign financial disclosure.
The extravagances of his roughly 3,000-square-foot home were featured by Architectural Digest in a June 9 home tour as part of a profile piece on his wife, who works for an architecture firm as a designer.
Among his many assets, Jones’ furnishing collection includes a wall-hung ceramic sculpture worth up to $60,000, a «Polly chair» estimated at somewhere between $10,000 and $25,000 and a column coffee table worth $6,000.
Now, as a candidate, Jones has campaigned against corporate influence in politics and a system that he argues is rigged in favor of larger corporations. He has identified that kind of structure as a key part of his plan to address affordability.
«Rent, groceries, utilities, health care, childcare — everything costs more while giant corporations post record profits and pay little or nothing in taxes,» Jones states on his website.
«That’s not an accident. It’s a system rigged to work for the people at the top.»
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Eric Jones speaks to a group of supporters (Eric Jones for Congress)
When approached about his personal wealth, Jones said he doesn’t believe his personal wealth clashes with a message of affordability.
«I grew up poor in rural America with a veteran father fighting medical debt and opioid addiction. I built businesses, created jobs and achieved the American Dream – I’m lucky that this country gave me that opportunity, and I’ll never forget where I came from. We should have leaders who’ve built something and know what medical debt feels like, not career politicians who’ve gotten rich serving Big Pharma and the insurance lobby. Every family in this district deserves that same shot at the American Dream, that’s why I’m running,» Jones said in a statement.
Having placed in the top two candidates in the primary, Jones will face off against incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., in the state’s Nov. 3 general election.
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Una tarde de diciembre, el cielo se desgarró y un pedazo de metal en llamas, más ancho que un autobús escolar, cayó a toda velocidad.
Sonó más fuerte que un trueno cuando se estrelló en un terreno agrícola y asustó a todos en el pueblo de Mukuku, a unas tres horas al sur de Nairobi, Kenia.
“La gente pensaba que era el fin del mundo”, dijo John Mukunuu, quien vive cerca.
Cuando los lugareños llegaron, encontraron un anillo gigante, más alto que un hombre y más pesado que un caballo, incrustado en la tierra. Lo vieron enfriarse de una brasa resplandeciente a un gris opaco. Lo vigilaron, tomándose una que otra selfie, hasta que las autoridades de la capital abarrotaron el pueblo.
El anillo había conectado partes de un cohete. Se suponía que debía haberse calcinado en su regreso a la Tierra.
“Este es un evento aislado”, dijo la Agencia Espacial de Kenia a principios de 2025.
No exactamente.
Ahora caen más desechos espaciales sobre la Tierra que nunca, un efecto de la frenética carrera entre gobiernos y empresas como SpaceX por dominar los cielos.
El año pasado, la Fuerza Espacial de Estados Unidos emitió alertas por casi 820 objetos que ingresaron a la atmósfera de la Tierra. Hace una década, el gobierno emitió alertas por 110 objetos.
“Los reingresos ocurren todos y cada uno de los días”, dijo Mariusz Slonina, quien dirige las operaciones de conocimiento de la situación espacial de la Agencia Espacial Polaca. Objetos enormes que pesan una tonelada métrica o más llegan alrededor de una vez a la semana, dijo.
Gran parte de los escombros se incinera en la atmósfera o cae en el Pacífico, pero cuando no es así, se desploma contra el suelo, de manera descontrolada e impredecible.
Mientras más objetos lancen los humanos a la órbita, más escombros tendrán que esquivar en la Tierra. El año pasado se lanzaron más de 300 cohetes, casi cuatro veces más que hace una década. Eso significa que se espera que caigan de vuelta muchos más pedazos y partes gastadas.
Los satélites moribundos son otros detritos comunes de esta era espacial. Un buen número de los aproximadamente 16.000 satélites en órbita regresarán a la Tierra en última instancia.
En 2024, equipos desechados de la Estación Espacial Internacional se estrellaron contra una casa en Florida. A principios del año pasado, parte de un cohete de SpaceX aterrizó cerca de un concurrido centro comercial en Poznan, Polonia. Se encontró otra pieza cerca del aeropuerto de la ciudad, según la Agencia Espacial Polaca.
Meses después, un satélite chino fuera de servicio cayó a toda velocidad sobre Tenerife, una de las islas Canarias en España. El satélite de tres toneladas métricas envió ondas de choque por toda la región antes de fragmentarse y arder en el aire.
En octubre, unos mineros descubrieron escombros en llamas en una carretera del desierto en Australia occidental. Recientemente, “bolas espaciales” gigantes llegaron a la orilla de una playa australiana.
El mosaico de regulaciones que rigen los lanzamientos de cohetes y la basura orbital no está a la altura del ritmo del desarrollo espacial.
SpaceX de Elon Musk, que tiene más de 10,000 satélites en órbita, ha solicitado lanzar un millón más. Blue Origins de Jeff Bezos tiene ambiciones similares y se espera que las “megaconstelaciones” chinas tengan cientos de miles de satélites.
Por ahora, es más probable que a las personas les caiga un rayo a que sean golpeadas por basura espacial. El único caso documentado es el de una mujer de Oklahoma que fue golpeada por escombros en la década de 1990. Sobrevivió relativamente ilesa.
Pero esas probabilidades están cambiando. Un estudio para la Administración Federal de Aviación de Estados Unidos (FAA, por su sigla en inglés) concluyó que, para 2035, los desechos de los satélites de SpaceX por sí solos podrían matar o herir a alguien cada dos años.
El riesgo disminuye si los satélites se calcinan en la atmósfera, concluyó el estudio. Durante un tiempo, SpaceX dijo que todos sus satélites que regresaban se incineraban. Luego, en 2024, se encontró un pedazo de metal de SpaceX en una granja canadiense. SpaceX, que previamente había estado en desacuerdo con el informe de la FAA, no respondió a las preguntas. Ahora, la compañía dice que alrededor del cinco por ciento de la masa de algunos satélites podría no desintegrarse.
Sean O’Keefe, profesor de la Universidad de Syracuse y exadministrador de la NASA, dijo: “Los humanos tenemos mucha falta de imaginación. Simplemente no podemos imaginar que nos sucederá a nosotros”.
“Lo único que tiene que hacer es aparecer en un área metropolitana importante”, agregó.
O’Keefe y otros expertos afirman que se debería obligar a los gobiernos y las empresas a utilizar materiales que se desintegren por completo.
No existe tal regulación. En Estados Unidos, la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones exige a las empresas que informen sobre el riesgo de víctimas por la caída de satélites, pero la agencia se enfoca principalmente en regular las frecuencias de radio.
La FAA, que supervisa los lanzamientos, propuso una regla para regular la eliminación de la basura orbital, pero retiró la idea en enero después de que la industria espacial se opusiera.
Los tratados de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas rigen la responsabilidad por la basura espacial que hiera a personas o dañe propiedades, pero esos son reliquias de la Guerra Fría con un alcance limitado. La ONU emitió directrices para la basura espacial en 2007, cuando había muchos menos satélites. Esas directrices no son vinculantes.
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American climber’s remains found after avalanche in Pakistan, other mountaineers still missing
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The remains of an American mountain climber who got caught in an avalanche in Pakistan were found on Friday, according to Pakistani officials.
Sarah Mallory Geis was climbing Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountain range with an international group of at least 10 people when they went missing on Thursday.
A rescue team also found the remains of Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy of Oman and Pur Bahadur Gurung of Nepal on Friday.
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Members of a mountaineers rescue team prepare to depart from an airbase on a search operation for climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, on Friday. (Alpine Club of Pakistan via AP)
There were signs of several more bodies where the rescue team was searching, drone footage showed, according to local officials.
At 26,414 feet, Broad Peak is the twelfth-tallest mountain in the world.
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«We hope to continue our operations, both aerial search and the ground rescue, till the time we find the survivors or the dead bodies,» Irfan Arshad, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said Friday.
The rescue operation was temporarily halted Friday night due to weather conditions.
Renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among the missing. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Sajid Hussain, deputy director of the tourism department in Gilgit-Baltistan, called the rescue area «remote and difficult.»
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«High-altitude porters and rescue teams are working to retrieve the bodies and transport them to the base camp,» the Gilgit-Baltistan police said in a Facebook post Friday. «Due to the extremely rugged terrain and challenging weather conditions, the rescue operation is being carried out with the utmost caution.»
Broad Peak is the world’s 12th tallest mountain. (AFP via Getty Images)
The other missing climbers are from Nepal, Pakistan, China and the U.K.
Renowned British mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who is of Nepalese origin, and who set the record for the fastest ascent of the world’s 14 highest mountains, was among the missing.
Purja was featured in the Netflix documentary «14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.»
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