Libin Jose // Shutterstock Voters in 12 states could see abortion on their ballots this year, including three states where ballot measures have been certified for the ballot Florida, Maryland, and New York. Measures have been proposed in nine other s.
BALTIMORE — A new group looking to jolt voters into supporting an amendment to the Maryland Constitution that would further protect abortion rights in the state officially launched Monday, kicking off a campaign for a cause that’s expected to energize many voters this year. The amendment, scheduled to appear as a ballot question in the Nov. 5 general election, will ask voters whether .
Abortion rights supporters are seeking to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maryland Constitution in November. Members of the Freedom in Reproduction Maryland ballot committee announced the campaign on Monday in front of the state Capitol. Maryland first lady Dawn Moore said at a news conference that unlike neighboring states like West Virginia, which passed a near-total abortion ban after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Maryland has shown its support for reproductive rights. Last year, the Maryland General Assembly voted to put the constitutional amendment on the ballot. A simple majority is needed for voters to approve it in November. A ballot committee called Health Not Harm MD is seeking to defeat the proposed amendment.