City of Annapolis - File #: R-33-22

• File #: R-33-22
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/18/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/27/2022
• Final action: 6/27/2022
• Title: Support for Abortion Rights and United States Supreme Court Decision in the case of Roe v Wade - For the purpose of expressing Council support for the Supreme Court Decision in the case of Roe v. Wade. Support for Abortion Rights and Opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - For the purpose of expressing Annapolis City Council support for abortion rights and a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing a women's right to an abortion in Maryland.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2022	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
6/27/2022	1	City Council	amended	Pass
6/27/2022	1	City Council	amended	Pass
6/27/2022	1	City Council	adopt as amended	Pass
5/23/2022	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass

Title
Support for Abortion Rights and United States Supreme Court Decision in the case of Roe v Wade - For the purpose of expressing Council support for the Supreme Court Decision in the case of Roe v. Wade.
Support for Abortion Rights and Opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - For the purpose of expressing Annapolis City Council support for abortion rights and a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing a women's right to an abortion in Maryland.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Resolution 33-22

Introduced by: Alderman Da Juan Gay
Co-sponsored by:

A RESOLUTION concerning

Support for the United States Supreme Court Decision in the Case of Roe v. Wade


Opposition to the United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

FOR the purpose of expressing support for the Supreme Court Decision in the case of Roe v. Wade and generally expressing support for women's right to an abortion in the United States.

FOR the purpose of expressing Annapolis City Council opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, support for abortion rights and a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing a women's right to an abortion in Maryland

WHEREAS, May 2, 2022, a leaked initial draft majority draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito indicated that the United States Supreme Court is prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) (overruled certain portions of Roe) in a final decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

WHEREAS, thousands of Annapolitans expressed outrage in fear of the Supreme Court's final decision

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, re-emphasized the right to an abortion, upholding the "essential holding" in Roe" that Constitutional protection of the woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy derives from the Due Process Clause of t...