The Abortion Amendment in Maryland
is not yet a reality,
and we cannot let it become one!
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The Maryland General Assembly has passed a bill that seeks to amend the Maryland Constitution and create a state fundamental right to “reproductive freedom.” The state will ask voters to approve the amendment language on the November 2024 general election ballot.
While the term “reproductive freedom” is yet undefined, there is no question that the amendment would be used to suppress pro-life speech and action in the state. It would invalidate existing health and safety statutes and regulations regarding abortion and bar any future attempts to pass lifesaving legislation such as a partial birth abortion or dismemberment bans.
Bill sponsors have stated that the amendment includes new rights that may include commercial uses of human embryos and transgender rights, including the use of puberty blocking drugs and surgical mutilation of genitalia—even among children—without parental consent.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maryland Constitution, after the House of Delegates voted Thursday to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
The House voted 98-38 for a bill that already has cleared the state Senate by the three-fifths margin needed to bring the question before voters in 2024. A simple majority would be needed by voters to approve it.”
—”Maryland voters to decide abortion constitutional amendment,” Brian Witte, AP NEWS, Published 10:49 AM PDT, March 30, 2023
