Today marks a significant victory for the rights, dignity, and autonomy of every person in our state, and those patients and their families who are forced to leave their home communities to travel to Maryland for healthcare, said Morgan Nuzzo, co-founder of Partners of Abortion Care.
By approving the amendment, voters have made it extremely difficult for lawmakers in the future to pass a law that could limit reproductive care without violating the state constitution.
Gov. Wes Moore's administration invested millions of dollars in training abortion providers and created a stockpile of mifepristone after a federal court case threatened its availability.
Reproductive rights advocates say the amendment protects Maryland residents and those who travel to Maryland for care.
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