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Abortion

What the science says about when life begins, and where local help exists.

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96% of biologists surveyed affirmed that a human's life begins at fertilization.

Biologists from 1,058 academic institutions; 5,337 of 5,577 affirmed the fertilization view.

Receipt Jacobs, S. "The Scientific Consensus on When a Human's Life Begins," Issues in Law & Medicine (PubMed 36629778)

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Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026 (H.5595), signed August 10, 2026, replaced the state's four-part test for abortion after 24 weeks with the physician's professional judgment alone.

Effective November 8, 2026.

Receipt malegislature.gov, H.5595 bill history / Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026

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Executive Order 609 (April 10, 2023) shields Massachusetts providers and pharmacists from out-of-state legal action over reproductive and gender-affirming care.

Receipt Mass.gov, Executive Order No. 609, 'Protecting access to medication abortion services in the Commonwealth'

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A Joint Economic Committee analysis put the economic cost of abortion at $6.9 trillion in 2019 — about 32% of U.S. GDP.

Based on nearly 630,000 unborn lives lost. (The pocket page's "$69 trillion" is a typo for the report's $6.9 trillion — corrected to match the source.)

Receipt U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (Republicans), "Lee: Abortion Carries $6.9 Trillion Economic Cost Each Year," June 2022

From: FF pocket page: Abortion (11-12-24) #9Link checked 2026-09-29

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54% of women who had an abortion identify with a Christian tradition.

About 1 in 4 identified as Roman Catholic, 17% mainline Protestant, 13% evangelical Protestant.

Receipt ERLC, "The Demographics of Abortion in America"

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Youth ministry trainers argue the church has been content to say "stay away from sex" without teaching why.

Receipt Center for Youth Ministry Training, "Mentioning the Unmentionable: Sex Ed in the Church (Part 1)"

From: FF pocket page: Abortion (11-12-24) #4Link checked 2026-09-29

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Planned Parenthood's founder wrote in 1921 that the most urgent problem was limiting the fertility of the "mentally and physically defective."

Receipt TIME, "What Margaret Sanger Really Said About Eugenics and Race" (para. 7)

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Scripture

Shedding innocent blood is an abomination to God.

Receipt Proverbs 6:16-19 (NASB)

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God wove us in our mother's womb; we are awesomely and wonderfully made.

Receipt Psalm 139:13-16 (NASB)

From: FF pocket page: Abortion (11-12-24) #8Link checked 2026-09-29

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If there were no unwanted pregnancies, there would be no need for abortion.

A physician running a college clinic said her clinic had no need for abortion — the students were being smart about sex. How might our town become that smart?

Receipt Freedom Focus member account

From: FF pocket page: Abortion (11-12-24) #2

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There is local help for an unplanned pregnancy: Birthright of Falmouth, 320 Gifford St., Falmouth — 508-457-0680.

Receipt Birthright International

From: FF pocket page: Abortion (11-12-24) #10Link checked 2026-09-29

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