Where Maryland's abortion laws stand one year after Roe vs. Wade was overturned
June 24 marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
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June 24 marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Members of the Baltimore City Council held a hearing Wednesday to try to prepare for a potential influx of women seeking an abortion in Maryland.
A Maryland law taking effect Friday will enable nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants who receive special training to perform abortions, as some states seek to expand access to the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has raised fears that it could have "far-reaching ramifications" on people looking to get pregnant and the clinics providing services to help them.
Clinics operators are moving, doctors are counseling crying patients, donations are pouring into nonprofits and one group is dispatching vans to administer abortion pills.
Like most couples in love, Jim Obergefell and his partner, John Arthur, always dreamt of getting married.
Representatives from Black Girls Vote and the Baltimore City Youth Voter Registration Committee joined the mayor, stressing the importance of voting to trigger change.
Frosh and 21 other attorneys general -- almost all Democrats in jurisdictions with a Democrat executive -- declared: "Abortion care is healthcare. Period."
Marylanders are protesting across the state over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end constitutional protections for abortion on Friday.
Maryland has some of the strongest abortion protections in the country, and many women from other states are expected to turn here for access to the procedure.
The City of Baltimore will provide $300,000 in grants to organizations that offer abortion and family planning services, according to city officials.
Hundreds of protesters gathered at Baltimore's Federal Courthouse Friday afternoon in support of abortion rights, knowing that people living in nearby states that could see abortion restricted or banned in the days to come.
Although Maryland has had abortion protections in place since the early 1990s, many state lawmakers on Friday expressed disgust at the court's 6-3 ruling.
In Maryland, Catholics will have to work harder to "convince everyone about the sanctity of life, and to love both the mother and the child," Archbishop William Lori said.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortions.
Nicholas John Roske was arrested near the justice's home with a gun earlier this month, officials said.
A man carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties was arrested Wednesday near Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house in Maryland after threatening to kill the justice.
Laws were enacted in Maryland, Connecticut, Washington and Delaware this year to help shore up their provider pools by allowing non-physicians to perform certain early term abortions.
Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits, three sources with knowledge of the efforts have told CNN.
Two council members will introduce a resolution calling on Mayor Brandon Scott and the council to create a public fund supporting local reproductive health organizations.
The governors' letter comes amid questions about whether local or state authorities could bring prosecutions under state law, like a Virginia law prohibiting picketing that "disrupts" an individual's "right to tranquility in his home."
Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Solutions say the violence is concentrated in neighborhoods that have experienced economic issues and had issues with racism in the past.
Heightened concerns over the fear of violence breaking out triggered by the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion to potentially overturn federal protections of abortion rights has some churches, clinics and conservative Justices working with state and local law enforcement.
