Most pro-life bills are scheduled to be heard on March 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM before the House Health and Government Operations Committee.  

All are welcome to come to the State House building in Annapolis to gather peacefully in support and prayer.  Photo ID required.

We also ask you to submit online FAVORABLE written testimony on these bills on March 17th before 6:00 PM.  

Year after year in Maryland, pro-life bills are sponsored and presented with expert legal and medical testimony.  They are heard almost exclusively by the Health & Government Operations Committee, now chaired by Delegate Heather Bagnall (D-Anne Arundel). Each year the HGO Chair has denied a committee vote on all pro-life bills, ensuring their demise. This effectively silences the voices of pro-life Marylanders like YOU and perpetuates a culture of death in our state.  It also allows pro-abortion lawmakers to evade any voting record on key pro-life issues.

Maryland Right to Life strongly urges the members of the Health & Government Operations Committee to do the right thing and give pro-life bills the consideration they deserve. Please contact committee members and your state legislators to request a VOTE on pro-life bills including the following:

HB-49 Public Health - Abortion (Heartbeat Bill). Prohibits induced abortions when a fetal human being's heartbeat is detectable.  Sponsor: Delegate Metzgar - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.

HB-714 Health - Abortion Data - Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires standard abortion metrics to be reported to the CDC to measure impact of abortion on Maryland women and families. Sponsor: Delegate Grammer- Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.

HB-1281 Abortion - Health - Abortion - Ultrasound and Wait Period.  Protects women and unborn children by ensuring informed consent and an opportunity to view an ultrasound prior to abortion. Sponsor: Delegate Ciliberti - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.

HB-1401 Public Health- Abortion - Informed Consent. Sponsor: Delegate McComas- Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.

HB-1451/SB-485 Public Health Reproductive Health Care Data-Report.  Requires all state departments to provide an annual report of funding for abortion organizations and providers to the Maryland General Assembly. Sponsors: Delegate McComas, Senator Carozza - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

HB-885 Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act) Protects women's safety by creating criminal penalties for any individual causing a pregnant woman to ingest abortion drugs through force or without her knowledge or consent. Sponsor Delegate Nkongolo

SB-302 Criminal Law- Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug- Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act).  Protects women's safety by creating criminal penalties for any individual causing a pregnant woman to ingest abortion drugs through force or without her knowledge or consent. Sponsor: Senator Carozza