Maryland Lawmakers Backing Angela Alsobrooks Recount Abortion Battle with Larry Hogan

More than 50 current or former Maryland lawmakers are jointly calling out Republican Larry Hogan for trying to cover up his extensive, well-documented record opposing reproductive freedom. Hogan, who was personally recruited by Mitch McConnell to help Republicans take control of the Senate, could be the 51st seat Republicans need to push forward an extreme agenda, including a nationwide abortion ban.

Hogan has a track record opposing abortion rights, including vetoing legislation in 2022 to expand abortion access and refusing to release $3.5 million to train abortion providers. Hogan has also come under fire in recent weeks for calling Donald Trump’s Supreme Court appointees “incredible justices” mere months after they helped overturn Roe.

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Baltimore Sun: Maryland lawmakers backing Angela Alsobrooks recount abortion battle with Larry Hogan

By Jeff Barker

September 13, 2024

• More than 50 current or former state lawmakers supporting Democrat Angela Alsobrooks’ U.S. Senate bid issued a statement Friday recounting their battle with then-Gov. Larry Hogan over abortion access, saying the Republican “cannot be trusted to defend women’s freedoms.”
• “Any notion from Larry Hogan that he didn’t restrict access to abortion is categorically false,” said the statement. “We know firsthand about Larry Hogan’s record on reproductive freedoms, because we’re the women who fought back when he vetoed legislation to expand access to abortion.”
• Friday’s statement was issued by 58 women who are either current or former General Assembly members, including House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Comptroller Brooke Lierman.
• The statement referenced Hogan’s 2022 veto of legislation allowing nurse practitioners, midwives and other non-physician medical professionals to perform abortions in Maryland. The Democratic supermajority in the General Assembly overrode his veto.