City of Baltimore - File #: 22-0110R

• File #: 22-0110R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City as an Abortion Rights Protection Jurisdiction
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 6/13/2022
• In control: Health, Environment, and Technology
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City as an Abortion Rights Protection Jurisdiction For the purpose of requesting that the City Solicitor and representatives from the Baltimore City Health Department appear before the City Council to evaluate if Baltimore City is prepared for an influx of patients seeking to terminate a pregnancy, to identify current barriers to accessing abortion healthcare services, to identify disparities in the ability to access abortion healthcare, specifically for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community and for marginalized racial and ethnic groups, to identify safety concerns abortion healthcare providers have in the present political environment and explore how to address these concerns, and to specify how the recently-passed State Abortion Care Access Act will affect abortion healthcare services in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Phylicia Porter, President Nicholas J. Mosby, Zeke Cohen, Odette Ramos, Ryan Dorsey, James Torrence, John T. Bullock, Eric T. Costello, Kristerfer Burnett, Mark Conway, Robert Stokes, Sr., Danielle N. McCray, Antonio Glover
• Indexes: Abortion Rights, Baltimore City, Investigative Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/15/2022	0	Health, Environment, and Technology	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/27/2022	0	Health, Environment, and Technology	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/16/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
6/16/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
6/13/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
6/13/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City as an Abortion Rights Protection Jurisdiction
For the purpose of requesting that the City Solicitor and representatives from the Baltimore City Health Department appear before the City Council to evaluate if Baltimore City is prepared for an influx of patients seeking to terminate a pregnancy, to identify current barriers to accessing abortion healthcare services, to identify disparities in the ability to access abortion healthcare, specifically for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community and for marginalized racial and ethnic groups, to identify safety concerns abortion healthcare providers have in the present political environment and explore how to address these concerns, and to specify how the recently-passed State Abortion Care Access Act will affect abortion healthcare services in Baltimore City.
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Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of Baltimore, That the Council requests that the City Solicitor and representatives from the Baltimore City Health Department appear before the City Council to evaluate if Baltimore City is prepared for an influx of patients seeking to terminate a pregnancy, to identify current barriers to accessing abortion healthcare services, to identify disparities in the ability to access abortion healthcare, specifically for the lesbia...