Delivering For Women

Advancing Economic Opportunity For Maryland Women

Raising wages for nearly 101,000 women in Maryland, increasing labor force participation among women workers by 2.3%, and signed the Pay Stub and Pay Statement - Required Information Act of 2024 that ensures that every worker gets a pay stub that shows their pay and leave benefits, growing the number of Maryland women earning STEM degrees, connecting 16,000 more children to high-quality affordable child care by investing $1.42 billion in the Child Care Scholarship program, and significantly expanding apprenticeship opportunities for women statewide.

Addressing Women’s Health Disparities

Successfully navigated the Medicaid redetermination process and maintained health care for more than 800,000 women across the state, made strong efforts to lower the costs of prescription drugs through the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board, expanded Maryland Medicaid to provide 12-months of comprehensive postpartum care. Maryland Medicaid covers more than 40% of births in the state, and the new coverage supports over 25,000 new Maryland moms, and Expanded the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) programs to more jurisdictions across Maryland, helping to serve 1,088 adults and 952 children.

Protecting And Defending Reproductive Freedom

Released $3.5 million in funding to expand the abortion provider workforce and support abortion care access, took the first steps to enshrine reproductive rights into the Maryland Constitution, protected patients, providers, and people supporting out of state patients seeking reproductive care from criminal, civil, and administrative actions, protected the privacy of reproductive health records, expanded access to contraceptive services across all 24 jurisdictions, and increasing provider reimbursement rates and providing $10.6M grant to the University of Maryland, Baltimore, to expand their Abortion Care Clinical Training Program.

Creating A Diverse And Talented Government

Women represent more than half (50.35%) of Governor Moore’s appointments and women serve in key roles across the state.