The Catholic bishops of Massachusetts have rebuked Democratic Gov. Maura Healey after she moved to bring into immediate effect a law expanding abortion access at any point during pregnancy, despite an active effort to repeal it.

Healey explained her decision in a November 6 post on Substack titled “Why Massachusetts’ new abortion law can’t wait”. In it, she said she would file an emergency statement under the state’s constitution to bring the law, known as Chapter 188, into effect immediately.