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March 11, 2025
Analysis: Minors under that age of 16 will be required to obtain parental consent for abortions, rather than just the current 24hr notification in DelCode. Summary: This bill represents a significant step toward protecting the sanctity of life and affirming the God-given responsibility of parents to guide and care for
February 26, 2025
Summary: Senate Bill 5 will enshrine abortion rights directly within the Delaware Constitution. Analysis: There are a broad number of laws in DelCode that legalize and protect the practice of abortion. Elevating the legalization of abortion to a constitutional right would make any future legislative attempts to protect preborn life
February 20, 2025
Summary: Healthcare providers are prohibited from performing any sort of gender transition procedures on minors. Analysis: The Delaware Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act seeks to safeguard the health and well-being of children by prohibiting gender transition procedures on minors. It seeks to shield children from irrevocable harm, by restristricting
February 6, 2025
Around the time of COVID, the state passed a law allowing permanent absentee voting without the need for an excuse. This measure was approved unanimously in both chambers of the legislature. However, after a lawsuit was filed against the state—one in which Senator Hocker was involved—things took a turn. Although
February 5, 2025
Summary: Senate Bill 2 proposes an amendment to the state constitution to formally establish provisions for special elections and a 10-day early voting period. This is the first leg of a constitutional amendment, which needs to pass in two consecutive sessions with a 2/3 majority vote. Analysis: While early voting
February 5, 2025
Since 1958, Delaware’s stance on the death penalty has undergone numerous changes—being abolished, reinstated, and revised repeatedly. After decades of legislative shifts, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that the state's death penalty laws were unconstitutional.
February 4, 2025
Summary: House Bill 10 updates certain grammatical and formatting aspects of the Constitution, including removing all unnecessary gender specific language from the Delaware Constitution. This is the second leg of a Constitutional Amendment and requires a 2/3 majority to pass. Analysis: Our legislature has in other places inappropriately removed gender-specific
February 4, 2025
Summary: As a reminder, a resolution is not a law; it is a statement that indicates the collective priorities and values of the legislature. House Concurrent Resolution 5 acknowledges the tragic reality of mothers who lose their lives in childbirth. Analysis: This resolution is a somber reminder of the profound
February 3, 2025
Summary: House Bill 140 would allow doctors to prescribe death pills to potentially terminally ill patients, thus legalizing assisted suicide. Analysis: Rep. Paul Baumbach has led the charge to legalize assisted suicide for years. This past year, the assisted suicide bill passed both chambers for the first time. Governor Carney
January 30, 2025
Summary: HB 14 explicitly codifies a right to privacy in the Delaware Constitution. Analysis: Even though the US Constitution does not have an explicit "right to privacy," the Supreme Court interpreted several amendments in the Constitution as guaranteeing that right, and used that as the justification for their decision in