{"id":307134,"date":"2024-02-18T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T17:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307134"},"modified":"2024-02-16T20:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T02:51:19","slug":"maryland-15-million-abortion-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

On Monday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced more funding to advance abortion in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Totaling $15.6 million, the funding includes a $10.6 million <\/span>grant for Maryland\u2019s Abortion Care Clinical Training Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and an additional $5 million budget proposal to increase Medicaid provider reimbursement for abortion.<\/span>\u00a0The Medicaid budget proposal will first need to be approved by both the House and Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>Maryland Matters<\/span><\/a>, the abortion training funding will be released by the <\/span>Maryland Department of Health, which says it will be used to \u201cinitially conduct a statewide needs assessment to understand the inequities in access to abortion care in Maryland, develop and coordinate a robust statewide training system in collaboration with partners, operate the hospital-based clinical site, and distribute program funds to participating organizations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Lee, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said that the money will allow the school to train abortionists so that abortion will be more readily available in rural areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Families need help, but an abortion business \u2018pantry\u2019 isn\u2019t the place to get it<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to reproductive health care is a fundamental right,\u201d <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> Moore in a statement. \u201cToday, we take another big step forward to protect the health, well-being, and rights of Marylanders \u2013 and we will keep working together to ensure that Maryland remains a safe haven for reproductive care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this statement, there is no ‘fundamental right’ to the direct and intentional homicide of a preborn child, as that child is either deprived of the nutrients it needs to survive, pulled apart limb by limb, or poisoned in its mother\u2019s womb. There is no right for any person to kill another innocent human in the name of \u201cfreedom.\u201d Killing is not reproductive health care.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his time in office, Moore has established himself as a big proponent of abortion. On his very first day of office in 2023, he <\/span>released funds<\/span><\/a> under the <\/span>Abortion Care Access Act<\/span> which covers abortion training, among other things. The funds had been withheld under the leadership of former Governor Larry Hogan. He has also signed <\/span>several bills<\/span><\/a> that expand and protect abortion in the state, and he has <\/span>taken steps<\/span><\/a> to promote a ballot measure that would enshrine the \u201cright\u201d to abortion in the state\u2019s constitution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced more funding to advance abortion in the state. Totaling $15.6 million, the funding includes a $10.6 million grant for Maryland\u2019s Abortion Care Clinical Training Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and an additional $5 million budget proposal to increase Medicaid provider reimbursement for abortion.\u00a0The Medicaid budget proposal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":284221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMaryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced an increase in funding of $15.6 million to expand abortion access in the state.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced an increase in funding of $15.6 million to expand abortion access in the state.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-18T17:22:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-17T02:51:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1244982315-wes-moore-maryland.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\"},\"headline\":\"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-18T17:22:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-17T02:51:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\"},\"wordCount\":420,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\",\"name\":\"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-18T17:22:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-17T02:51:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced an increase in funding of $15.6 million to expand abortion access in the state.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\",\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bridget Sielicki\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding","description":"Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced an increase in funding of $15.6 million to expand abortion access in the state.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding","og_description":"Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced an increase in funding of $15.6 million to expand abortion access in the state.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2024-02-18T17:22:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-17T02:51:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1244982315-wes-moore-maryland.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridget Sielicki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridget Sielicki","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/"},"author":{"name":"Bridget Sielicki","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f"},"headline":"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding","datePublished":"2024-02-18T17:22:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-17T02:51:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/"},"wordCount":420,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsbreak","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/","name":"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-02-18T17:22:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-17T02:51:19+00:00","description":"Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced an increase in funding of $15.6 million to expand abortion access in the state.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maryland-15-million-abortion-funding\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maryland governor announces $15 million in abortion funding"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f","name":"Bridget Sielicki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bridget Sielicki"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307273,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307134\/revisions\/307273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}