On February 18, 1991, Gov. William Donald Schaefer signed into law a bill that went far beyond Roe v. Wade. An effort to repeal the law by referendum failed, and since 1992, Maryland law has provided for abortion on demand even late in pregnancy, granted abortionists immunity from legal action, allowed abortionists the discretion to perform abortions on minors without notifying a parent, and denied health care workers the right to refuse to make abortion referrals as a matter of conscience.

Maryland has one of the most extreme abortion laws in the United States. This in confirmed by NARAL Pro-choice America, formerly known as the National Abortion Rights Action League. In its evaluation of state abortion laws, NARAL gives Maryland a grade of "A-". California and New York both have a grade of "A". By comparison, Pennsylvania and Virginia both rate an "F", Delaware a "D+", and West Virginia a "C+".

Maryland is now the only state where an abortionist may act with impunity while health care workers are vulnerable to job discrimination, lawsuits, poor peer reviews, and disciplinary action for not facilitating abortion.

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In 2004, the state of Maryland spent 4.5 million tax dollars on abortion. Maryland taxpayers paid for 4,481 abortions under the state Medicaid program. This is a 13 percent increase over 2003. br/>

Federal funds can be used under Medicaid to pay for abortions only when the life of the mother is endangered and in cases of rape and incest. But the state of Maryland goes the extra mile when it comes to using your tax dollars for abortion by using state funds to pay for abortions for Medicaid recipients for "mental health" reasons.

Unfortunately, "mental health" is a huge loophole that is used to justify any abortion. In fiscal year 2004, 4,470 of the 4,481 abortions paid for under Medicaid were justified under "mental health" reasons. Clearly, Maryland allows tax-funded abortion-on-demand for state Medicaid recipients.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute, the official research arm of Planned Parenthood, reports that in 2000, 34,560 women obtained abortions in Maryland. This equals an abortion rate of 29 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (defined as ages 15–44).

The abortion rate increased 11 percent since 1996, when it was 26.2 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Nationally, the abortion rate declined 5 percent during the same period.

Maryland has the third highest teenage abortion rate in the United States. The Alan Guttmacher Institute reported that in 2000 there were 47 abortions per 1,000 teens aged 15-19 in Maryland. The District of Columbia had the highest rate followed by New York, Nevada, and New Jersey. Although still the third highest in the country Maryland's teen abortion rate dropped 12% from the previous year.