WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

parent or guardian of the minor, if, in the professional judgment of the physician,
the minor is mature and capable of giving informed consent or notice to a parent or
guardian if the minor decides not to have the abortion; repealing a certain provision
of law relating to certain information that must be provided prior to an abortion;
repealing certain provisions of law related to abortion referral services; clarifying a
provision of law related to referral services; requiring that an abortion be performed
by a licensed physician; providing that the State may not interfere with the decision
of a woman to terminate a pregnancy if certain conditions exist and under certain
circumstances; specifying that the State may not interfere with a woman's decision
to terminate a pregnancy at any time if certain circumstances exist; providing a
certain immunity for a physician under certain circumstances; authorizing the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt certain regulations related to
the termination of a human pregnancy; repealing a provision of law related to the
imposition of certain penalties against certain persons who violate certain provisions
of law related to the termination of a human pregnancy; repealing a provision of law
related to certain disciplinary actions against a licensed physician for performing an
abortion outside a licensed hospital; defining certain terms; making provisions of
this Act severable; specifying that if a certain provision of this Act is petitioned to
referendum and rejected by the voters, such rejection does not affect other
provisions of the Act unless the other provisions are also petitioned to referendum
and rejected by the voters; and generally relating to abortion.

And it is hereby certified that at said election, 1,143,377 votes were cast for the
adoption of said Chapter 1 and 690,542 votes were cast against the adoption of said
Chapter 1, the said Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1991 has therefore been ratified.

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Seal of the State Administrative Board of Election
Laws of the State of Maryland, Done at the City of Annapolis, this 3rd day of December,
In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-two.

(Seal of State
Administrative Board of
Election Laws)

Gene M. Raynor
Administrator

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-11 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, the State Administrative Board of Election Laws does hereby certify that at
the General Election held in Dorchester County on November 3, 1992, an Act known as
Chapter 294 of the Acts of 1991 (Senate Bill 311, Question A) was submitted to the voters
of Dorchester County in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 294 of the Acts of
1991, said Act being as follows:

AN ACT concerning

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