Those who support abortion rights say Maryland needs to further strengthen its protections in the face of the threat to the procedure elsewhere in the country. Those who oppose the procedure see an opening to begin chipping away at what they view as the state’s overly lenient laws and practices regarding abortion.
Activists on both sides of the abortion issue see the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year as the creation of a new political landscape, one that requires either increased protections or reinforced restrictions.
Nancy Pelosi believes Joe Biden and his administration will spend its political capital trying to muscle abortion expansion through the Senate. “This is something that is core to who we [Democrats] are,” said Pelosi, adding that abortion-on-demand “is something that the president is wedded to.”