Barbara Mikulski: “Many States have enacted their own laws on postviability abortion. My…”

On the recordMay 15, 1997

Many States have enacted their own laws on postviability abortion. My own State of Maryland has a law that bans postviability abortions. It was approved by the voters of Maryland in a referendum. The Maryland law says a postviability abortion is only allowed when it ``is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman; or the fetus is affected by genetic defect or serious deformity or abnormality.'' Other States have even more far-reaching bans. How does the bipartisan alternative affect Maryland law, which the people of Maryland endorsed through referendum?

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Barbara Mikulski

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Discussing state laws on postviability abortion during a congressional debate.

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