Legislation
- Title
- Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom
- Sponsored by
- Delegates A. Jones, Acevero, Addison, Allen, Alston, Atterbeary, Bagnall, B. Barnes, Barve, Boafo, Boyce, Bridges, Chang, Charkoudian, Charles, Clippinger, Crutchfield, Cullison, Ebersole, Embry, Fair, Feldmark, Foley, Forbes, Fraser-Hidalgo, Grossman, Guyton, Guzzone, Harris, Harrison, Henson, Holmes, A. Johnson, S. Johnson, D. Jones, Kaiser, Kaufman, Kelly, Kerr, Korman, Lehman, J. Lewis, R. Lewis, J. Long, Lopez, Love, McCaskill, Mireku-North, Moon, Palakovich Carr, Pasteur, Patterson, Pena-Melnyk, Phillips, Pruski, Qi, Queen, Reznik, Rosenberg, Ruth, Sample-Hughes, Shetty, Simmons, Simpson, Smith, Solomon, Stein, Stewart, Taveras, Terrasa, Toles, Turner, Valderrama, Vogel, Watson, Wells, White, Wilkins, Williams, Wilson, and Ziegler
- Status
- Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 245
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note
Synopsis
Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's rights to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.
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