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Abortion in Maryland is legal at all stages of pregnancy. [1] [2] [3] The first laws regulating abortion in the state were passed in 1867 and 1868, banning abortion except by a physician to "secure the safety of the mother." [4] Abortion providers continued to operate both within and outside of the law. [5]
Question 6 was a voter referendum to allow voters to approve or reject a law passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 1991 to codify the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade . The referendum was approved by 61.7% of voters on November 3, 1992.
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]
What were the 2024 abortion results? Most states that considered abortion rights amendments ended up approving them—seven out of 10, to be exact. Those states are: Missouri. Arizona. Colorado ...
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 ...
Abortion rights advocates have prevailed on 14 of them and lost on four. In the 2024 election , they amended the constitutions in five states to add the right to abortion.
The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
The Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment would codify Maryland’s current law, which allows access to abortion care at any point in pregnancy and has made the state a safe haven for abortion ...