Maryland Governor Wes Moore and state legislators are scheduled to announce their support for measures to protect abortion rights on Thursday.
House Speaker Adrian Jones and Senate Speaker Bill Ferguson, both Democrats, joined the governor at a press conference to protect Maryland patients and providers from criminal, civil, and administrative penalties related to the abortion ban. We plan to express our support for measures to protect. Other State Restrictions.
Maryland officials hope more women will travel to the state for abortions because of restrictions in other states after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year to void Roe v. Wade doing.
Democrats hold overwhelming majority in both houses of Congress. Voters need her three-fifths vote in both houses to get a final say on next year’s election.
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In November, Vermont became the first state to approve a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights.
Abortion rights are already protected by Maryland law. Where the Supreme Court allowed abortion to be restricted, states approved laws protecting abortion rights in 1991. Maryland law was petitioned to the ballot, and voters approved her right in 1992 with 62% of the ballot.
Governor Wes Moore will deliver his first state address on February 1, 2023, in Annapolis, Maryland, two weeks after taking office. Moore and state legislators will announce their support for measures to protect abortion rights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Moore, a Democrat, voiced his support for abortion rights shortly after taking office last month, announcing on his second day in office that he would release $3.5 million in state funding to expand abortion training. Republican Governor Larry Hogan.
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“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Maryland needs to become a safe haven state for abortion rights,” Moore said when announcing the release of the funds.
Last year, lawmakers enacted legislation against Hogan’s veto, ending the restriction that only doctors can provide abortions and requiring most insurance plans to cover abortion care at no cost. expanded access to abortion. The law removed legal restrictions that prevented nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and physician assistants from offering abortions.
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Lawmakers said earlier this year they were supporting a bill that would allow public colleges and universities in Maryland to make emergency contraceptives, abortion pills and other contraceptives available near campus.
The Data Privacy Bill aims to protect reproductive health medical and insurance records in electronic health information exchanges.
