BALTIMORE — The Supreme Court upended a half-century of precedent Friday when it overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion a constitutional right, shifting the onus to states such as Maryland to provide services.
Roughly half the states are expected to ban or significantly curtail the abortion procedure, and some clinics have already shuttered in anticipation of the court ruling, sending women from places as far away as Texas to Maryland.
Lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly already moved this year to bolster Maryland’s system, adding to the workers who would be allowed to provide abortions, setting up training and preparing to accept and fund a greater influx of women from outside its borders.
