Hogan for Maryland campaign released the following statement from spokeswoman Blake Kernen in response to a new national partisan TV attack ad on abortion:
“National partisan groups are now spending millions of dollars lying about Governor Hogan’s views and record on supporting choice for one reason: they know he is a threat to the broken status quo politics of Washington.
“Governor Hogan is committed to protecting our reproductive rights and women’s health—just as he has always been. As governor, he made sure access to abortion was never a question for Maryland women: he protected choice in Maryland for eight years, funding access to abortion in the budget every year. He was the first governor in America to provide over-the-counter birth control paid for by Medicaid. He said in 2019, Roe was rightly decided and has been on the record against a national abortion ban since 1992. The legislation he vetoed threatened to lower the standard of care for Maryland women—it had nothing to do with access to abortion.
“In the Senate, Governor Hogan will work to codify Roe v. Wade as the law of the land and expand access to IVF. Marylanders know that when Governor Hogan gives his word, he keeps it, and that is why voters continue to reject these false attacks and scare tactics.”
