BALTIMORE — Nurse practitioners, midwives and other non-physician medical professionals will be able to perform abortions in Maryland after the Democrat-controlled General Assembly overrode Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the Abortion Care Access Act on Saturday afternoon.
Hogan’s veto of the measure, which will also require most health insurance plans to cover abortions at no cost to patients and fund training for abortion providers, was among a series of the Republican governor’s vetoes that were swiftly overturned by lawmakers on Saturday afternoon.
Lawmakers also voted to launch a paid family and medical leave program for nearly every worker statewide despite Hogan’s objections.
