Public Health â€“ Abortion

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. *hb0735* HOUSE BILL 735 J1 2lr1417 By: Delegates Metzgar, Arikan, Boteler, Chisholm, M. Fisher, Jacobs, Krebs, Mangione, McComas, McKay, Morgan, Otto, Parrott, Rose, Shoemaker, Szeliga, and Wivell Introduced and read first time: February 3, 2022 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning 1 Public Health – Abortion 2 FOR the purpose of repealing certain provisions of law related to State interference with 3 an abortion, regulations related to abortion, and liability or criminal punishment for 4 physicians who perform an abortion; prohibiting a physician from knowingly 5 performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion under certain 6 circumstances and subject to certain exceptions; establishing requirements for 7 performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman; requiring that certain 8 requirements relating to the performance or inducement of abortions be enforced 9 exclusively through private civil actions; authorizing any person, other than an 10 officer or employee of the State or a local governmental entity in the State to bring 11 certain civil actions; providing for sovereign, governmental, and official immunity 12 under certain circumstances; and generally relating to abortions. 13 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14 Article – Health – General 15 Section 20–207 and 20–208 16 Annotated Code of Maryland 17 (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18 BY adding to 19 Article – Health – General 20 Section 20–208 and 20–210 through 20–218 21 Annotated Code of Maryland 22 (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 23 BY repealing 24 Article – Health – General 25 Section 20–209 26

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