A board-certified obstetrician-gynaecologist, Dr Christina Francis, criticised a new Massachusetts abortion law in a Fox News interview, arguing that it permits abortions up to birth and could put mothers at risk. She said there was no medical reason for post-24-week abortions in emergencies, contending that rapid delivery by Caesarean section would be safer.

The article presents Francis’s comments as a challenge to claims that later abortions are needed to address urgent maternal health situations. It centres on the law’s reported expansion of access to abortions late in pregnancy, while focusing chiefly on the medical and safety objections raised by Francis rather than wider legal or clinical perspectives.