Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Restrictions on Who May Perform Abortions

Maryland prohibits certain qualified health care professionals from performing abortions.

Only a physician, including a doctor of osteopathy, licensed by the state to practice medicine in the state may perform an abortion.  Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 20-207 (Enacted 1970; Last Amended 1982), Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. §20-208 (Enacted 1991).