WATCH: Crowd Laughs As Dem Governor Allows Abortion Until Birth

A crowd erupted with joy as the Democratic governor of Massachusetts signed into law a “barbaric” new law allowing mothers to end the lives of their unborn children up until the point of birth. 

The law signed by Governor Maura Healey on Monday removes the state’s 24-week abortion restriction and allows a doctor to greenlight an abortion up until just before the baby is born. As Healey signed the legislation, a group of supporters cheered and clapped in support of the new law, paving the way for ending the life of full-term babies. 

“We’re a state with some of the strongest abortion protections in place,” she said. “And yet, you’ll hear from folks about some things that just weren’t in the right place in terms of making sure that women and couples and families had access to the care that they need, particularly those who experience complications late in pregnancy.”

Late-term abortions often include a gruesome process where the baby is fatally poisoned in the womb and then delivered dead. They can also involve an abortionist crushing and dismembering a baby before its delivery. At full-term, most babies weigh around seven pounds, have fully developed organs, and have a layer of fat to stay warm. 

The law easily skated through both the Democrat-controlled state Senate and House. An abortion after 24 weeks may now “be performed by a physician based upon the professional judgment of the physician,” according to the law. 

In pushing for the legislation, Democrat Representative Christine Barber, the sponsor of the legislation, said that abortion “should be between a doctor and a patient.”

Healey’s signing of the law was met with immediate backlash from pro-life advocates. 

“Legalizing elective abortion up to birth on healthy mothers and healthy, pain-capable unborn children is not about protecting the doctor-patient relationship,” Massachusetts Citizens for Life President Myrna Maloney Flynn said. “It is about abortionists normalizing the deaths of fully-developed infants and pressuring vulnerable women to permit their unborn children to die in heinous acts of violence.”

“These abortions represent among the most severe human rights abuses permitted in only a few places around the world, including China and North Korea,” she added. 

The SBA Pro-Life America condemned the law as “barbaric.” 

“It should shock the conscience that tens of thousands of unborn Americans are barbarically dismembered limb by limb and torn apart every single year,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Without a minimum national standard, the United States remains 1 of only 8 countries worldwide that allows abortion at any point in pregnancy.”

Other states with similar laws include Alaska, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Michigan, Vermont, New Jersey, and Maryland.