Maryland Official Wants His State to Review Relationships with Alabama over Abortion Law
Maryland’s comptroller says he’s urging the state’s pension system to divest itself from Alabama-based companies due to the state’s strictest-in-the-nation abortion ban. In a Facebook post, Comptroller Peter Franchot said the law was “a malicious assault on the rights and protections of women everywhere.” Franchot, a Democrat elected in a statewide vote, is the vice chairman of Maryland’s State Retirement…
