Originally published at National Catholic Register
The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow $25 million in funding to go toward abortions.
The grant program is designed to fund abortions for women whose insurance does not cover the procedure, using money from premium funds collected by health insurance carriers.
If approved by the state’s governor, the program would become the first of its kind in the country.
Funding for the Public Health Abortion Grant Program would require “certain premium funds collected by health insurance carriers be used to provide certain coverage and to support improving access to abortion care clinical services under certain circumstances,” according to the text of the bill.
The grant program was approved in the House last week and in the Senate on Monday. The two bills must be reconciled before legislators send a final version to be signed by the state’s governor, Wes Moore.
Moore has a track record of pro-abortion action and has pledged his support “for a woman’s right to choose.”
In 2025, Maryland voted overwhelmingly in favor of enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution via an amendment that passed with roughly 75% voting yes. The state has no gestational limits on abortion. Its broad
