Maryland lawmakers override governor's veto of abortion access

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The state will end a restriction that only physicians can provide abortions. The new law will enable nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants to provide them with training.

followed suit with similar bills in 2022. The Texas and Idaho laws allow for private citizens to file civil lawsuits against people who provide abortions or helps someone access the procedure.

Republican lawmakers criticized the provision allocating $3.5 million of taxpayer money annually to pay for the training. Del. Haven Shoemaker, the House minority whip, described the bill as"the most radical expansion of abortion in Maryland's history in a state that already has some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country."

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, a Democrat, listens to debate before lawmakers voted to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a measure to expand abortion access in the state, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Annapolis, Md.Kelly said the measure is modernizing the choice the state's voters made in 1992, when they approved the right to abortion in a statewide vote with 62% of voters supporting it.

 

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NO AND NO.. SAFETY FIRST..............REPUBLICONS TO THE CURB.

Abortion is murder!!! When is that going to get through our thick skulls!!!

Glad the GQP obsession with becoming a 1979 Iranian-style theocracy, stripping women of personal freedoms isn’t working in this state 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾

Forgive them lord, for they know not what they do..

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Hogan is a RepugniKLAN

Click bait, and fake news.

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