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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1186* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1186 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E1 5lr3113 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF SB 933 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Miller, Hornberger, McComas, Rose, Tomlinson, Valentine, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Wivell |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Criminal Law – Causing Ingestion of an Abortion–Inducing Drug – Prohibition 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (Women’s Freedom From Coercion Act) 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully causing another to 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ingest an abortion–inducing drug when the person knows or believes that the other 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | person is pregnant and without consent, through fraud or coercion, or through force 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | or threat of force; and generally relating to causing ingestion of abortion–inducing 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | drugs. 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Criminal Law 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 3–216 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Criminal Law 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3–216. 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “ABORTION–INDUCING DRUG ” MEANS A DRUG , 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | MEDICINE, OR A MEDICINAL OR CHEMICAL PREPARATION FOR INTERNAL HUMAN 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | CONSUMPTION THAT IS DESIGNED TO INDUCE AN ABORTION . 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) A PERSON MAY NOT KNOWI NGLY AND WILLFULLY CAUSE ANOTHER TO 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | INGEST AN ABORTION–INDUCING DRUG : 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 1186 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) WHEN THE PERSON KNOW S OR BELIEVES THAT T HE OTHER 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | PERSON IS PREGNANT ; AND 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) (I) WITHOUT CONSENT ; 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (II) THROUGH FRAUD OR COERCION ; OR 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | (III) BY FORCE OR THREAT O F FORCE. 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (C) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUIL TY OF A FELONY AND 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ON CONVICTION IS SUB JECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 25 YEARS. 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | October 1, 2025. 9 |
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