TALKING POINT:

Ethical principles underpinning the provision of safe abortion care.

Ethical dilemmas faced by practitioners caring for patients traveling from other states or jurisdictions to receive abortion care.

Legal ramifications in other states when providing reproductive services to out of state residents.

The background in the erosion of access to legal abortion services in states with restrictions.

The potential liability associated with other state’s laws to providers practicing and caring for patients in Maryland.

Ethical tennets violated by restrictions on safe, legal abortion will be reviewed.

State laws that impact the provision of abortion and other reproductive health care services.

Understanding legal and professional implications of providing reproductive health care services in states that prohibit and protect access to abortion services.