Family and parenting

As one of 13 states with strong laws that protect the right to an abortion, Maryland will play a key role for those looking to end a pregnancy.

Here are some local and national organizations working to ensure people will still be able to end unwanted pregnancies.

If the Catholic church wants to help the expectant mother already ripped to her core by a devastating genetic diagnosis, maybe the best way would be to offer compassion and empathy for whichever path she chooses with her own body, and to recognize that there are multiple paths that deserve grace.

As the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, a Banner reporter shares her deeply personal story of what it meant to choose to end a pregnancy.