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Maryland voters to see reproductive rights on 2024 ballot – Maryland Matters
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By Michelle Larkin
Maryland voters will likely be requested to enshrine abortion rights into the state Structure subsequent 12 months, after the Maryland Home of Delegates’ passage of the “Proper to Reproductive Freedom Act” on Thursday.
Senate Invoice 798 will place a referendum on ballots through the 2024 basic election, permitting voters to determine whether or not the reproductive rights modification needs to be added to Maryland’s Structure. As a proposed constitutional modification, the invoice doesn’t should be signed by Gov. Wes Moore (D), though he has mentioned he helps it. The Home vote was 98-38.
SB 798 affirms that each particular person has the elemental proper to reproductive freedom, together with the power to determine to stop, proceed, or finish one’s personal being pregnant and would add that to the Declaration of Rights underneath Maryland’s Structure. The invoice was sponsored within the Senate by Senate President Invoice Ferguson (D-Baltimore Metropolis) and within the Home by Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) because the crossfiled invoice, Home Invoice 705.
Though Maryland permits abortions, within the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court docket’s determination overturning Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the Common Meeting management determined it was within the state’s finest curiosity to place the precise into Maryland’s Structure to guarantee it continues unchallenged. Jones sponsored a constitutional modification final 12 months as effectively. That measure handed the Home, however stalled within the Senate.
The 2023 invoice’s passage comes a couple of months after Moore’s first-day-in-office announcement to launch $3.5 million to broaden abortion coaching within the state that had been withheld by his Republican predecessor, Gov. Larry Hogan. Since Moore’s marketing campaign for governor, he has promised to guard reproductive rights inside Maryland.
“We’ll do the whole lot in our energy to make Maryland a secure haven for abortion entry,” Moore tweeted after the Supreme Court docket’s 2022 determination in Roe, the landmark abortion rights determination that stood for practically 50 years. He added that the choice was a “nightmare for thus many People.”
In keeping with a College of Colorado-Boulder examine, researchers discovered that if abortion is banned all through america, the general variety of maternal deaths would rise by 24%.
As a part of a “historic” reproductive rights package deal initiative, SB 798 and HB 705 had been a number of the abortion rights payments highlighted by Moore, Ferguson and Jones at a information convention in February.
“In a post-Roe world, Maryland has a duty to steer and turn out to be a beacon of freedom on the nationwide stage,” Ferguson mentioned on the information convention then. “Enshrining reproductive freedom within the Maryland Structure is the precise factor to do for future generations.”
Throughout the identical Home session on Thursday, Senate Invoice 786 handed to a 3rd studying. SB 786, sponsored by Sen. Shelly Hettleman (D-Baltimore County) would supply extra privateness protections for medical data to cut back the danger of attainable legal prosecution for out-of-state sufferers looking for reproductive care in Maryland. SB 786, cross-filed with Home Invoice 812, was additionally included within the reproductive rights package deal initiative.
If handed, Maryland may turn out to be a secure haven for these looking for reproductive providers, particularly with Maryland’s proximity to West Virginia, a state with one of many strictest abortion legal guidelines within the nation. On Sept. 16, 2022, West Virginia’s Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed a near-total abortion ban.
Maryland already has a regulation that protects the precise to abortion. The Common Meeting accepted laws in 1991 to guard abortion rights if the Supreme Court docket restricted abortion, and voters ratified that in 1992 with 62% of the vote. It’s simpler to undo a statutory safety than a constitutional one, which is why lawmakers have pursued additional laws.
Maryland permits abortions as much as the purpose of “viability,” which is the stage of being pregnant when a fetus has developed sufficient that it is ready to survive exterior the uterus with medical assist. Abortions after that time could also be carried out if the life or well being of the affected person is endangered.
With a Democratic-controlled authorities, the invoice handed with out Republican help and Republican legislators have expressed concern about SB 798 and HB 705.
Earlier this month, Sen. Justin Prepared (R-Carroll and Frederick) urged the Senate to defeat the measure as a result of Maryland has “very liberal” laws on abortion providers already. Sen. Mary Carozza (R-Decrease Shore) added that enshrining abortion providers would make it troublesome for safeguards and known as the laws “disturbing.”
Danielle E. Gaines contributed to this report.
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Maryland issues a new suicide prevention action plan for schools, families – WTOP News
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Scott Poland, the director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, talked to WTOP about the action plan he authored with his wife, Donna, who is a career educator.
The “Maryland Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in K-12 Schools” serves as a reference guide to school administrators and the community, and was developed in cooperation with the state health department’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Poland said one thing that surprises people is that children as young as 8 years old may consider taking their own lives.
“I hear from school personnel all around the country (asking if they) have to take it seriously (if a fourth or fifth grader is talking about suicide). And the answer is absolutely yes,” Poland said.
Among the data points in the action plan is a survey of students in the “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey of 2021/2022.” According to that survey, 21% of high school students “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, and 27% of middle schoolers considered suicide at some point in their lives.
Poland said it’s important to talk about suicide with young people, and that the idea that talking about it might encourage a young person to consider suicide is a “myth.”
“When we actually bring it up, it gives someone a chance to unburden themselves, to realize that they’re not alone, that there are alternatives and that there is help available,” Poland said.
But he said young people are most susceptible to imitating suicidal behavior: “It is important that we not glorify the suicide victim.”
Instead, Poland said, the emphasis after a suicide should be on healing those affected and helping them find appropriate ways to deal with their emotions and mental health.
The plan released this week includes providing intervention action plans for a young person who may be considering suicide.
“Part of that, of course, is removing lethal means and developing a written safety plan with them,” he said.
Poland said that can include helping people understand “the importance of calling 988, doing things that can calm themselves down,” and reaching out to the nearest trusted adult.
People can reach the national resource for crisis response services and suicide prevention by dialing 988.
Poland said social media is “wreaking havoc” on children’s emotional well-being, often making them feel “not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough.” Poland said he’s currently working with the state of South Dakota on developing tools to help “young people be a little more mindful and make better decisions about their screen time.”
Poland said parents can help — when it comes to the hours and hours that many people spend online — by modeling healthy amounts of screen time themselves. And he said adults need to think about how they introduce technology to their kids.
“We’re in too (much of) a hurry to give kids smartphones and 24-hour internet access,” Poland said.
“I really have to compliment Maryland,” Poland said, on coming up with the new plan.
Poland said Maryland does not have an especially high rate of suicide, but “I think we all recognize that losing one young person to suicide is one too many.”
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Getting to know Michigan State football’s Week 2 opponent: Maryland
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Game two is coming up for Michigan State football as the Spartans hit the road for an early season Big Ten matchup against Maryland. The Terps have had MSU’s number in recent years, but the Spartans’ new-look team is ready to change that narrative this weekend.
Jonathan Smith and his staff have a lot to work on this week after a lackluster 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic, but we’ve become more than used to slow starts for MSU in their first game so it’s not time to panic just yet.
While the team wraps up their preparations for Maryland, let’s take a quick look at the Terps and see what we can learn about them before the big game on Saturday.
Maryland is off and running in their 2024 campaign and had an absolutely dominant week one performance. The Terps took on UConn at home and came away with an impressive 50-7 win. Sure UConn is an awful football program, but we saw how poorly Michigan State just did against a similar opponent.
Not only was the final score lopsided, but ever major statistical category was as well. Maryland doubled UConn in first downs and rushing yards, threw for nearly 400 passing yards and even won the turnover battle 3-0. The Terps also only had five penalties for 45 yards which is significantly better than MSU’s 12 for 140 yards against FAU.
Sure all of this took place against UConn, but it appears that Maryland is in a very good spot heading into this big week two matchup.
One thing that I thought would be a positive for Michigan State in this game is that Maryland is breaking in a new quarterback as well. The Terps’ quarterback, Billy Edwards Jr., went off against UConn and completed 20-of-27 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns. He also is a capable runner and added 39 yards on the ground, so Michigan State will have its hands full on Saturday slowing him down.
The Terps don’t have one standout running back in the backfield, so that does benefit MSU. They do however have two solid backs in Roman Hemby and Nolan Ray who both ran for over 60 yards and one score each.
The one player however that Michigan State needs to pay the most attention to is wide receiver Tai Felton. He had one of the best Week 1 performances in the country as he recorded seven receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Thankfully MSU’s defense and secondary looked much improved against FAU, so hopefully that carries over into this weekend’s matchup.
The opportunity in front of MSU on Saturday is massive. The Spartans are big underdogs in this matchup which they probably deserve, but a win would do wonders not just for the overall perception of the team but for their confidence moving forward.
I’ve got a strange feeling that we’re going to be very happy around 7 p.m. ET Saturday night.
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