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In recent weeks the female governors of both Massachusetts and New Jersey have signed into law legislation that expands abortion rights to extents never before imagined and that protects, first and foremost, the livelihood of abortionists.

And in both states, the bill signings took place amid the ecstatic applause of women Democrats.

The editorial board of National Catholic Register considered why – at this point in time, when nine other states and Washington, D.C., have already legalized the ending of the lives of unborn babies at any time up until birth – many Americans are expressing outrage and shock at these new laws.

Massachusetts’ new law, the Register board noted Friday, simply leaves the decision of whether to end the baby’s life up to a single doctor’s “professional judgment.”

“Not only that, but the act prohibits medical review boards from interfering,” the editors observed. “That raises the question: If ‘abortion is health care,’ as the law’s supporters insist, why shouldn’t it be subject to the same professional oversight that applies to every other medical procedure?”

The outraged response to the signing of this law may, in part, be due to Gov. Maura Healey’s (D) self-description as a “Catholic,” a fact that has led to calls for her excommunication.

But, then again, the Register editors remind their readers, such flagrant abandonment of the Church’s teaching on the sanctity of human life in the womb was apparent even in 2023 – when legal challenges were brought against the abortion drug mifepristone’s federal regulatory status.

To counter a potential lack of abortions in her state, Healey ordered the University of Massachusetts to stockpile 15,000 abortion pills – in the event of a federal ban.

New Jersey’s new law expands legal protections for abortionists and blocks attempts by states that protect the lives of unborn babies from filing criminal or civil lawsuits against New Jersey.

Additionally, the measure’s targeting of behavior outside of abortion clinics that could be viewed as “intimidation” by patients or workers of the clinic is being viewed by prayerful pro-life activists as potentially in violation of their First Amendment rights.

The Register’s editorial board concluded that, in the case of Massachusetts specifically, the “visceral reaction many people had” was tied to “the video clip of a room full of women smiling and applauding” when Healey signed the bill into law.

“[T]hose on the side of life who watched the celebration in Boston saw something else: a disturbing inversion of a woman’s natural role as a protector and nurturer of children, and a conscience-shocking moment of maleficence,” the editors wrote.

Some Americans expressed a similar reaction to watching the New Jersey women applaud with glee at the signing of their abortion rights bill into law.

EWTN provided further outraged reactions from pro-life leaders.

Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota and founder of international evangelization ministry Word on Fire spelled out what the new Massachusetts law means.

“A fully-formed child, moments before exiting the birth canal, can be eviscerated, chopped into pieces, have its head crushed or skin burned off—all under the full protection of Massachusetts law,” Barron explicitly explained on August 12.

“What I found particularly gross was the reaction of the entirely female crowd around the female governor of Massachusetts as she signed this barbaric provision into law,” he wrote. “They were clapping and cackling with delight because what can only be called infanticide can now be practiced with impunity in their state.”

Princeton Professor Robert P. George offered “credit where due” to the nine Democratic Massachusetts lawmakers who, “despite intense pressure” from colleagues, “voted against the abortion-up-to-birth bill championed by Governor Maura Healey.”

“Rep. Turco rightly described the bill as barbaric,” George observed, but added that, though the nine joined with Republican lawmakers, they were unable to defeat the legislation.

“[B]ut at least they stood up to evil and refused to make themselves complicit in it,” he wrote, naming those who refused to cave: Brian Ashe, Lisa Field, Michael Finn, Dennis Gallagher, Russell Holmes, Christopher Markey, Francisco Paulino, Alan Silvia, and Jeffrey Turco.

Other pro-life Americans shared their views on social media.

On Sunday, retired Pastor Bob Russell of Kentucky posted a photo of his yet-to-be-born great-grandson, John Luke.

“Laws like Massachusetts’ that permit babies like John Luke to be aborted right up to the day of delivery should make us shudder and cry out to God,” Russell wrote. “But many are indifferent. Whatever happened to sin?"

Actor, director, and producer Mel Gibson posted “the most detailed MRI scan of an unborn baby.”

“At just 20 weeks, she is moving, turning her head, kicking, even standing,” Gibson observed. “Her beating heart is also visible. Human life is a miracle.”

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