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A proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining the right to reproductive freedom in Maryland has passed. Reproductive rights advocates say that the amendment will protect abortion access in ...
Pro-Choice Maryland (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland) is an organization that advocates for abortion rights in the state. [91] There are several abortion funds specifically dedicated to funding abortions in the state of Maryland.
During the 2023 legislative session, Jones again introduced legislation to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution, [14] which passed, and was signed into law by Governor Wes Moore, along with a package of bills to protect patients who come to Maryland seeking abortion rights from out-of-state criminal prosecution. [15] [16]
The state approved legislation in 1991 to protect abortion rights if the Supreme Court were to allow abortion to be restricted. Voters showed their support for the law the following year, when 62% ...
Supporters testified Wednesday that Maryland is seeing a rising demand on its abortion clinics, including from women from out of state, since the U.S. Supreme Court stuck down Roe v. Wade in June ...
State ballot initiatives protecting abortion rights have been a winning issue even in conservative states like Kansas and Kentucky since the court turned the matter over to the states with its 2022 decision. Hogan has won two statewide races, only the second time a Republican governor has been reelected in Maryland’s history.
On June 24, 2022, in a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v.Wade and Planned Parenthood v.Casey. [9] The decision was divisive among the American public, [10] with 55 to 60% "split between those who think that it (abortion) should be mostly legal with some exceptions and mostly illegal but with exceptions" [11] and was generally condemned by international observers and ...
Democrats Angela Alsobrooks and Gov. Wes Moore took aim at Republican Larry Hogan’s record on abortion access in a recent appearance at Bowie State University, saying that his support of it as a ...