Three Years After Dobbs, Some States Are Fighting to Protect Babies From Abortion

Three Years After Dobbs, Some States are Fighting to Protect Babies From Abortion

The legal status of abortion across the states is shaped not only by the Dobbs decision but also by a range of additional factors. These include recent state constitutional rulings interpreting abortion as a protected right; the passage of laws aimed at safeguarding unborn life; ongoing litigation challenging or defending those laws; and the implementation of so-called “shield laws.” These are laws designed to protect abortion providers who resi…

Maryland Enacts Groundbreaking Abortion Access Law, A Model For Other Reproductive Freedom States - National Health Law Program

In May, Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore signed HB 930 into law, a landmark step in advancing equitable access to abortion in the state. This law creates the Public Health Abortion Grant Program and Fund, a first-of-its-kind program that leverages unused segregated premiums from Marketplace insurers to fund access to abortion services for people with low-incomes, the uninsured and underinsured, and others who face significant barriers to accessing …