If any of the Republican Presidential candidates were to win next November and nominate pro-life justices to the Supreme Court, a woman’s right to choose would be at great risk but not in Maryland.

Twenty five years ago this Monday, we passed the bill making the holding of Roe v. Wade the law of Maryland.  It was approved on referendum by a 62-38% margin.

Our law is not abortion on demand, which is how pro-lifers falsely characterize it.

If a fetus is viable, an abortion is legal only if the procedure is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman or the fetus is affected by genetic defect or serious deformity or abnormality.

More than a dozen Republican legislators, including future governor Robert Ehrlich, voted for Senate Bill 162 in 1991. Of my GOP colleagues today, a handful, at best, are pro-choice.

Governor Schaefer signed the bill within an hour of the final vote in the House of Delegates. That would not be the case today with Governor Hogan.

Access to family planning is likely to be the women’s reproductive health issue this year in Annapolis.

Legislation will be introduced this week.