Even as lawmakers in many states have taken action to protect and preserve unborn life, the Maryland Legislature is working to pave the way for an expansion of abortions. By overriding Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of House Bill 937, the Abortion Care Access Act, they have staked out one of the most extreme pro-abortion positions in the nation.

For starters, the legislation provides $3.5 million annually to create a new Abortion Clinical Care Training Program, designed to “expand the number of health care professionals with abortion training.” The legislation included no findings stating that Maryland currently lacks an adequate number of healthcare providers. Instead, lawmakers just decided to use taxpayer dollars to increase the number of abortionists in the state, creating a culture of death rather than a culture of life.