{"id":1431683,"date":"2022-04-11T18:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431683"},"modified":"2022-04-11T18:29:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:29:38","slug":"maryland-republican-anybody-but-the-receptionist-can-perform-abortions-under-new-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-republican-anybody-but-the-receptionist-can-perform-abortions-under-new-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Republican: \u2018Anybody But The Receptionist\u2019 Can Perform Abortions Under New Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-republican-anybody-but-the-receptionist-can-perform-abortions-under-new-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/D90B3088-8F2A-4641-A959-C377418B3384_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Maryland just became yet another state where Democratic legislators have sought to create more access to abortion in anticipation of an upcoming Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats voted to override Republican Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s veto of an abortion bill that broadens who can perform abortions in the state, widening that pool to include nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certain midwives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The debate on both sides of the bill has been intense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Republican Delegate Matthew Morgan said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/04\/09\/maryland-lawmakers-override-hogan\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a>, \u201cYou could easily rename this bill \u2018The Abortion Tourism Act of 2022\u2019 because that\u2019s what this bill really does,\u201d adding, \u201cIt basically expands it to anybody but the receptionist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">House Government Operations Chairwoman Shane Pendergrass, a Democrat, said on Saturday, \u201cYour conscience is a personal thing,\u201d adding, \u201cYour conscience and your religion is not my conscience and my religion. We are allowing women the autonomy \u2014 to use their brains and their conscience \u2014 to make decisions about their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/11\/1091967163\/abortion-rights-health-insurance-larry-hogan-maryland-veto-fetus\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cMaryland House members voted 90-46 on Saturday to reverse the governor\u2019s decision, while state Senate members voted 29-15.\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maryland-dems-override-governors-veto-to-fund-abortion-training-allow-non-doctors-to-perform-abortions\">added<\/a>, \u201cThe two houses of the Maryland General Assembly passed the bill last month, with Democrats supporting it and Republicans opposing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/10\/us\/maryland-abortion-rights-veto.html\">reported<\/a>, \u201cUnder the new law, which will take effect July 1, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and trained physician assistants will be able to perform abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a letter explaining the veto, Hogan <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UPDATED-HB-937-Abortion-Care-Access-Act-Veto.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cAs governor, I have upheld my commitment to take no action that would affect Maryland law where it concerns reproductive rights. With this action, I am reaffirming that commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said the bill \u201cendangers the health and lives of women by allowing non-physicians to perform abortions. The bill risks lowering the high standard of reproductive health care services received by women in Maryland. These procedures are complex, and can, and often do, result in significant medical complications that require the attention of a licensed physician.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He added, \u201cThe only impact that this bill would have on women\u2019s reproductive rights would be to set back standards for women\u2019s health care and safety.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MD\/text\/HB937\/2022\"><span class=\"s1\">bill<\/span><\/a> is also intended to establish the \u201cAbortion Clinical Care Training Program,\u201d and support it by providing $3.5 million each year in funding. The program is meant to \u201cprotect access to abortion care by ensuring that there are a sufficient number of health professionals to provide abortion care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The bill states that the \u201cDepartment shall contract with a coordinating organization to administer the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The organization will \u201csupport abortion care clinical training to qualified providers\u2026 and to the clinical care teams of the qualified providers\u201d to \u201cexpand the number of health care professionals with abortion care training\u201d and \u201cincrease the racial and ethnic diversity among health care professionals with abortion care training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It also would \u201csupport the identification, screening, and placement of qualified providers at training sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-passes-15-week-abortion-ban\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, the high court heard oral arguments late last year in the\u00a0<i>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/i>\u00a0case out of Mississippi over a law that doesn\u2019t allow abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The court could choose to uphold the Mississippi law, cutting away at the precedent established by\u00a0<i>Planned Parenthood v. Casey\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Roe v. Wade.\u00a0<\/i>The justices could also decide to overturn\u00a0<i>Roe\u00a0<\/i>entirely or to strike down the Mississippi law. If\u00a0<i>Roe v. Wade\u00a0<\/i>is overturned, the decisions regarding abortion would be returned to the states rather than made legal on a broad scale across the country.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Several states have taken action to pass pro-life or pro-abortion legislation. Florida, Arizona, and Kentucky have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oklahoma-legislature-passes-near-total-ban-on-abortion-11649192968\"><span class=\"s1\">passed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0bills that prohibit abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, while Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed a bill that codifies abortion access into law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/whitmer-files-lawsuit-challenging-1931-pro-life-law\"><span class=\"s1\">filed<\/span><\/a> a lawsuit on Thursday directed at Michigan\u2019s state law from 1931 prohibiting abortion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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