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Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) The leak of a draft opinion showing the Supreme Court's conservative majority of justices is poised to overturn abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade has led to a sharp increase in donations to abortion funds, grassroots organizations that help people access abortion care. The National Network of Abortion Funds, a network of more than 90 funds across the country, said it has received more than $1.5 million in donations since the draft ruling was published by Politico Monday night. "That is only what is being funneled through the National Network of Abortion Funds and we've heard from our local members that many people are also donating directly to abortion funds," Debasri Ghosh, managing director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, told ABC News' Good Morning America. "Given the groundswell of support . we wouldn't be surprised if those numbers were pretty high as well." In North D
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Gov. Larry Hogan does not plan to release $3.5 million in funds set aside for training additional clinicians to perform abortions in Maryland before it's required next year.
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