A dangerous new bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly, House Bill 1131, The Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act, introduced by Delegate Lesley Lopez (D-Montgomery), would effectively decriminalize infanticide in Maryland, putting an untold number of vulnerable babies at risk.
Maryland Right to Life strongly opposes House Bill 1131 and urges members of the General Assembly to vote against it.
Under current federal law, any born-alive infant, even after an attempted abortion, is recognized as a legal person and deserves the same protections as any other human being. HB1131 would undermine those protections by shielding third parties from responsibility if a newborn infant or abortion survivor is denied appropriate medical care after birth and left to die.
It would make it nearly impossible for state authorities, who could be charged with a misdemeanor offense, to investigate the death of an infant born alive during an attempted abortion. It would gag medical providers from doing their duty as mandatory reporters of suspected abuse or homicide.
“This bill is not about protecting existing rights, but about actively stripping away the state’s current ability to protect newborns. This bill would formalize a ‘zone of lawlessness’ where a child’s right to life depends entirely on the mother’s intent, even after the child is outside the womb,” argued Laura Bogley, J.D., Executive Director of Maryland Right to Life, who testified against the bill at the House of Delegates Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.
This is not about punishing mothers. In fact, women are already immune from prosecution for miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion under state and federal law. National Right to Life has gone on the record to state that they do not support the prosecution of mothers, who are often the second victims of abortion. Our first priority is protecting these precious little ones who survive abortions and ensuring that those who harm or neglect them are not permitted to evade justice.
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/03/17/dangerous-new-bill-in-maryland-could-allow-infanticide/
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