Sen Ariana Kelly (D-Montgomery) spoke at a press conference about the law to expand the safety of abortion rights in Maryland. Photo from Governor’s Executive Office.
Two Maryland Senator who support the rights of abortion, are expecting to run state funds for clinics abortion to promote security measures, as clinics that provide reproductive health services ROE v. After the Wade turns 2022, there are an increase in dangers and harassment.
The legislative session of 2024 has two bills that are aimed at making grants, which will be used to increase security personnel, to provide equipment and other security measures to protect the protection of providers, patients and their families. But the mechanisms to provide those safety and funds are quite different between two bills.
The Senate Finance Committee discussed both the pieces of the law during the meeting of Wednesday committee.
First Bill, Senate Bill 947, Sen Ariana B. Kelly is sponsored by (D-Montgomery) and abortion will build care access grants and funds. The grant program and funding will be administered by the Maryland Department of Health under Kelly’s Bill.
“It will create a grant that improves access to abortion care. Security, equipment, grant for capital reforms for security staff, ”he said.
This bill will use a requirement provided in the Affordable Care Act, in which the insurers collect a premium that will go to abortion services. Additional funds should be used to improve abortion care in the state.
Kelly explained: “It was necessary through the inexpensive care act that the insurance carrier … collect a separate premium for abortion coverage. And that premium, which was one dollar per month, was completely separated and completely separated and Only used for abortion care services.
Robin Elliott, who represented the Women’s Law Center in Maryland, told the committee that if the bill passes, the Maryland Commissioner will assess the insurance carrier of “how much money was there in the surplus in the previous plan year, and then the order would issue. Take the funding to the health department.
The Bill requires the Governor to allocate $ 1 million for funds through budget modification by October 1, 2024.
Jacqua Johnson, with breeding judicial Maryland, said the bill is “about recognizing and addressing the dangers that are looking for the face of abortion care.
“Particularly harassment, threatening and sometimes physical losses on them, as their providers and advocates,” she said. “Many times these places become aiming for harassment and violence, and an atmosphere of fear and insecurity is created for both patients and providers. By investing in safety growth, we can help prevent harassment and violence, and ensure that individuals can use abortion care without fear for their safety. ,
There is also an amendment to allow some funding of grant in the bill to provide abortion services for individuals without license or for those who do not want to show the details of abortion services on the insurance records Are.
Kelly said that the part of the law was from the beginning, but slipped out of the bill during the writing and filing process. House version of Bill, Leslie J. sponsored by HB 1412, Dell. Lopez (D-Montgomery), included language about abortion services for unspecified pregnant people. The bill is for hearing in the Health and Government Steering Committee at 2 pm on Friday.
A separate bill will create a very small grant fund, yet the abortion aims to protect the clinic from harassment.
Sen Sarah. Elfrath (D-Aini Arundel). Daniel E. Photo by Gens.
Sen Sarah. SB 975, sponsored by Elphrath (D-Anne Arundel), will create a reproductive health care clinic safety grant program out of the office of the Governor of Crime Prevention and Policy, and will require $ 500,000 in funding in 2026. Year.
Money in the Elfreth bill will lead to physical security infrastructure in health care clinics, but not the additional security staff of the clinic.
“This committee is well acquainted with the growing tide of violence for our breeding health care clinics,” he cited written testimony, which included examples of violence, chase, theft and arson with other dangerous behaviors.
Kelly said that he and the Alfrath are working together on the bill.
SB 975 “is stationed slightly differently, but we are working cooperatively with the same goal,” Kelly said.
House version of SB 975, HB 1091 sponsored by Dell.
Both bills come at a time when Alabama is once again in political headlines after the recent verdict from the Supreme Court, which equalized the frozen fetus collected through these vitro fertilization to children, What can be the ruling for IVF amidst fear and speculation. Services and other reproductive health care.
Last year, the village Wes Moore (D) signed a package of bills that protected abortion services, declaring Maryland as “safe shelters” for those within the state and which more-related states Used to demand abortion from
A couple of anti-miscarriage advocates testified on Wednesday against both pieces of law, Bills believe that the bill will allow the state to give clinic subsidy for abortion services.
Laura Bogley, Executive Director of Maryland Right to Life, said, “The proposer of the bill attempt to create a crisis to increase the reality and enhance additional tax-paying funding to further enrich a multi-military dollar abortion industry. Are doing it. ” In protest against the bill of alphabet.
He said that the so -called crisis pregnancy centers in Maryland have also received harassment from pro -abortion advocates.
Crisis pregnancy centers are generally clinics that discourage pregnant people from demanding abortion and instead urge them to take their pregnancies to conceive, but for a long time, customers about abortion Examination is done to provide misleading information.
Bogley argued that if the Mahasabha had to provide money for safety for abortion clinics, the state should provide equal security under law “pro -life and also provide equal housing for women who should provide equal housing. Let’s choose life. “
The story has been updated to include additional information about SB 947.
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