Should a Maryland court be required to penalize a Baltimore resident who helps a woman from Texas obtain an abortion that is legal in Maryland?

That is not a hypothetical question.

As you may know, the restrictive Texas abortion law relies on individuals to sue anyone who assists a woman in obtaining an abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy.

If the Supreme Court is going to permit this practice, could the Maryland General Assembly prohibit it?

Yesterday, I asked one of my legal mentors for advice.

Today, I read an op-ed which began to answer my question.  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/missouri-abortion-roe-v-wade.html

I wrote the authors, “Have you drafted a model statute for a state to prohibit its courts from cooperating with out-of-state orders like those in the Texas law and its law enforcement from cooperating with out-of-state investigations?”

They are working on model language.

This is a bill for next year.