Maryland – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

18 Feb

Women’s caucus pushes access to child care, health care as legislative priorities

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Maryland

15 priority bills span topics ranging from tax credits for child care facilities to better access to cancer screenings

16 Nov

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

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In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee's clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there's not a single clinic that provides abortions. And until recently, Marsee herself wasn't trained to treat patients who wanted to end a pregnancy.

07 Nov

Abortion-rights ballot measures pass in 7 states, fail in 3 others

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion News, Abortion Rights, Amendments, Arizona, ballot initiatives, Colorado, Election, Enshrinement, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, United States, Voting

"Constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion rights passed in seven of the 10 states where they appeared on the ballot Tuesday, NBC News projects. Voters in Arizona and Missouri approved ballot initiatives that will effectively protect abortion rights until fetal viability and undo existing abortion laws on the books. But voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected proposed amendments that would have done the same — becoming the first pro-abortion-rights ballot measures to fail since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Meanwhile, voters in Maryland, Montana, Nevada and New York (where abortion is already legal through fetal viability) and in Colorado (where there are…

07 Nov

Maryland AG Brown pledges to protect abortion rights after constitutional amendment passes

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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said he would remain steadfast in protecting reproductive rights after Maryland voted to codify abortion in the state constitution.

01 Oct

Maryland is a safe haven for abortion care — with one obscure exception

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Maryland, Medicaid, Reproductive rights

Women who qualified for Medicaid because they are pregnant may have to foot the bill for an abortion There’s a wonky, long-running and almost entirely under-the-radar hitch that makes it harder for some women in Maryland to get an abortion.

25 Aug

Abortion rights won’t be safe with Hogan in the Senate | GUEST COMMENTARY

BarbraLatest NewsMaryland, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States, US Senate

Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion and opening the floodgates to a patchwork of abortion restrictions across the United States. Now, in Maryland, abortion rights are on the ballot. I’m not just talking about this November’s ballot initiative that would enshrine reproductive freedom into the Maryland state constitution.

24 Aug

Reproductive rights up for vote on Maryland’s 2024 ballot

PatLatest NewsAbortion ballot measure, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Maryland, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion rights will be on the Maryland ballot in 2024. Abortions are legal in Maryland. However, state lawmakers last year passed an amendment that would enshrine the right to an abortion, and "reproductive freedom," in Maryland's constitution.

23 May

Four things you should know about Maryland’s Maternal Health Act of 2024

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For Del. Jennifer White Holland (D-10) addressing maternal and child health has been a passion for “quite some time.” The public health professional said that her lived experience led her to sponsor a key piece of legislation that looks to improve outcomes for expectant mothers.

13 May

Legislation boosts Maryland’s rating with LGBTQ+ policy tracking think tank

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While the 2024 session was a bit more understated on new legislative protections for Maryland’s LGBTQ+ population compared to previous years, a nationwide policy tracker reports that the state is creating a more LGBTQ+ friendly state based off recent legislation. The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) follows the ever-changing policy landscape across the United States and how it affects the nation’s LGBTQ+ population. The independent, nonprofit think tank regularly updates a policy map to indicate which states the group deems safer for LGBTQ+ individuals and which have more hostile policies. According to a recent update from the organization, the legislation passed…

07 Mar

Maryland abortion clinics could get money for security under bill in state Senate

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"Abortion clinics in Maryland could pay for enhanced security and greater access through a grant program being considered by state lawmakers, who want to tap into millions of dollars that have sat unused by insurance carries as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. 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 2022. Security concerns, long an issue at clinics, also have been increasing, supporters of the bill told the Maryland Senate Finance Committee at a…

05 Mar

Reproductive rights up for vote on Maryland’s 2024 ballot

BarbraLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, Maryland, State constitution

Reproductive rights up for vote on Maryland's 2024 ballot BALTIMORE - Abortion rights will be on the Maryland ballot in 2024. Abortions are legal in Maryland. However, state lawmakers last year passed an amendment that would enshrine the right to an abortion, and "reproductive freedom," in Maryland's constitution.

22 Feb

Are Maryland prisons out of bounds with federal requirements for trans prisoners?

BarbraLatest News, United StatesHealth care, Health Equity, Maryland, Prisons, Transgender Rights

Nearly a year after formerly incarcerated transgender people testified to Maryland lawmakers about the troubling conditions they faced in state prisons and Baltimore jails, the agency in charge of their care continues to violate federal standards in how it houses trans prisoners, according to a coalition of trans rights advocates.

16 Feb

Abortion care and transgender health care are ‘parallel struggles’ in 2024 legislation

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, legislation, Maryland, Trans Rights, United States

Last year, lawmakers approved the Reproductive Health Protection Act, which shields health care providers in Maryland from liability if they help out-of-state patients obtain an abortion, as long as the services provided are legal under Maryland law.

23 Jan

Abortion rights advocates launch ‘Vote Yes’ campaign as Maryland ahead of vote on new amendment

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"Abortion rights supporters Monday kicked off their campaign to "Vote Yes" on November's ballot referendum to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state's constitution. "We can't take anything for granted when it comes to reproductive health care," Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones said Monday. "We don't just need to win. We need to send a message."..."

02 Jan

‘It’s like trying to run a clinic on a foundation of quicksand,’ Maryland abortion provider says

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Partners in Abortion Care cofounder Morgan Nuzzo reflects on the clinic’s first year, one marked by the absence of federal abortion rights