Hundreds of people rallied Oct. 2, 2021, in support of abortion rights at Lawyers Mall outside the Maryland State House in Annapolis. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland lawmakers have overridden GOP Gov.
Larry Hogan’s veto of a measure to expand access to abortion in the state. The state will end a restriction that only physicians can provide abortions.
The new law will enable nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants to provide them with training. It creates an abortion care training program and requires $3.5 million in state funding annually.
It also requires most insurance plans to cover abortions without cost.Del. Emily Shetty said she was supporting the measure on the House floor as a mother who had experienced a high-risk pregnancy.