About Our Coalition

The Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Public Funding of Abortion was founded in 2015 with the goal of stopping taxpayer subsidized abortions in Massachusetts. The Alliance's Chairman is Attorney Thomas M. Harvey.

The Alliance has filed its initiative petition with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office prior to the August 6, 2025 deadline. The petition, which has been signed by ten registered voters, will seek to amend the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by adding the sentence: "Nothing in this constitution requires the public funding of abortion."

Once the Attorney General approves the petition, we will need to collect 74,574 certified signatures between early September and November 19, 2025. To obtain 74,574 certified signatures, we will need to collect about 100,000 raw signatures during that time frame.

If those signatures are obtained, the petition can then be advanced to be voted upon by a joint session of the state legislature. If ¼ of the legislature votes in favor of the petition, then it is advanced to the next elected legislature where it again must receive ¼ of the vote. Assuming a favorable vote is received, the matter would then be placed on the ballot to be voted upon in the November 2028 statewide election.