Tag: Pro-Life
Voters debate reproductive rights in Maryland constitution
As Maryland questions whether reproductive rights should appear in the state constitution, advocates for and against the referendum work to sway voters.
Read More
Maryland voters to see reproductive rights on 2024 ballot
Maryland voters will be asked to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution next year, after the Maryland House of Delegates’ passage of the “Right to Reproductive Freedom Act” on Thursday.
Read More
Wes Moore’s Whitewashing of Abortion Rates
A 2020 study cites CDC data that show Black abortion rates being nearly four times—yes four times–higher than white rates. The study notes that “Between 2007-2016, the Black rate declined 29% and the white rate declined 33%—meaning that the racial disparity actually increased rather than decreased.”
Read More
Moore, Miller, legislative Democrats announce legislation protecting abortion rights
HB705, also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom, states that every individual “has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including but not limited to the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one’s own pregnancy.” It also says that the state cannot “deny, burden, or abridge” this right without a justification by a “compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”
Read More
Individuals seeking abortion must be afforded privacy, dignity, respect, and support
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) reverses its own constitutional precedents on rare occasions. Between 1789 to 2020, there were 25,544 Supreme Court opinions and judgments after oral arguments, and the court reversed only 145 times.
Read More
Maryland considers legislation to protect, expand abortion care, as Supreme Court decision looms
One proposal (HB1171) by House Speaker Adrienne Jones, D-Baltimore County, would amend the state’s constitution to guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion. If approved by the General Assembly, voters would decide the issue in November.
Read More
Recent Comments