Maryland’s pro-choice legislature creates a relatively accommodating environment for women needing later term abortion. However, Maryland allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women abortions. Maryland also subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals via Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws.
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Maryland’s pro-choice legislature creates a relatively accommodating environment for women needing later term abortion. However, Maryland allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women abortions. Maryland also subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals via Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws.
In February 2018, Delegate Barrie Ciliberti (R-004) introduced H 1424, legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization. The bill contains narrow health and life exceptions and does not contain exceptions for mental health or pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. It also includes reporting requirements for physicians who perform an abortion in the case of a medical emergency. This bill failed the state’s adjournment deadline on April 9, 2018.