If the lower court judge agrees with Judge Harms that Moe would want to have an abortion if she was mentally competent, the abortion could still go forward.
The pro-family activist group Mass Resistance said the bill would have far-reaching negative effects for traditional values in the public square, most notably in schools.
MCFL President Anne Fox became excited about Orrall’s campaign when the candidate returned a questionnaire with solidly pro-life responses to questions about parental consent, taxpayer funding of abortion, stem cell research, and physician assisted suicide.
When Massachusetts repealed the law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives, Planned Parenthood celebrated and pointed to the cooperation of the Boston Catholic archdiocese.
Gov. Deval Patrick has refused to defund the sexually explicit site, insisting with the Department of Public Health that the site's content is "medically accurate."
One Democrat called the site "a blatant agenda ... to introduce children to sex and give them the opportunity to have an abortion without their parents’ involvement."