Former Maryland governor and Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan (R) has released a campaign ad promising to codify it. Roe vs. Wade If elected, she will empower women to make their own choices.
“As governor, I promised to uphold Maryland’s laws and abortion rights and provide insurance-covered over-the-counter contraceptives. And I kept my promise,” Hogan said on the campaign trail. . video Advertisement posted on X. “Today, with Roe overturned, many of you asked what I would do in the U.S. Senate. I support you.”
Hogan’s words came nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned it. Roe vs. Wade Judgment will be handed down in June 2022 dobbs If the U.S. Constitution did not include the right to abortion. Following the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision, the question of abortion and abortion laws was turned over to the states and the people.
As Governor, I promised to protect Maryland’s abortion laws, and I have kept that promise.
I will sponsor a bill in the Senate that would make Roe the law of every state. That way, all women have access to the reproductive health care they need. Because no one should come between a woman and her. pic.twitter.com/xHwA2HpxxP
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) May 21, 2024
Former Maryland governor said he supports legislation to codify Roe v. Wade And he describes himself as a “pro-choice champion.”
in interview with new york times On Thursday, Hogan made it clear that he “supports reinstating Roe as the law of the land.”
“I will continue to protect women’s right to make their own reproductive choices, just as I have done for eight years as governor,” Hogan said in an interview. “I think the people of Maryland know and trust that when I make promises, I will keep them, and I have defended these rights before. We will do it again in the Senate by supporting a bipartisan compromise to reinstate it as the law of the land.”
Hogan’s campaign ad is beginning shared with politikoThe show is “part of a more than $1 million acquisition and will be broadcast on cable, broadcast and digital platforms in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore areas,” the outlet said.
April 2022, during Governor Hogan’s term. exercised veto A bill that would allow people who are not trained doctors to perform abortions.
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“House Bill 937 puts women’s health and lives at risk by allowing non-physicians to perform abortions,” Hogan wrote in a letter rejecting the bill. There is a risk that the high standards of reproductive health services that women receive may be lowered.”
The Maryland House of Representatives voted 90-46 to override Hogan’s veto of the bill, allowing nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants to practice law in addition to doctors. action According to NPR, abortion.
Hogan recently won the Republican primary; Reception He received 169,830 votes (63.4 percent), and his opponent, Maryland Representative Robin Ficker, received 76,591 votes (28.6 percent). Other candidates on the Republican side, including Chris Chaffee, received 8,637 votes, or 3.2 percent, and nurse Laurie Friend received 5,457 votes, or 2 percent.
The former Maryland governor will face off against Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks, who received 316,804 votes (53.4 percent) to her opponent, Rep. David Trone, who received 253,802 votes (42.8 percent).
