“In some ways, I’ve been preparing for this my whole career,” says Karen Nelson, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of Maryland, “this” being the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, ending federal protection for American women’s access to abortion and leaving all control in the hands of the states.
In early 2022, the Maryland General Assembly ratified the Abortion Care Access Act, sponsored by Senator Dolores Kelly and Delegate Ariana Kelly, currently the strongest protection to access codified into law in any of the fifty states. (An amendment to the state constitution would be even stronger.) With the act on the books, Planned Parenthood of Maryland — and Nelson, at its helm — is at the forefront of regional and national efforts to face, and hopefully shape, our frightening new world.
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