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The Old Line State is drawing a clear line—it will reimburse Planned Parenthood if Congress cuts funding to the health clinics, making it the first state to legally pledge to do so.

The bill was one of 15 that became law today in the state without the signature of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, The Washington Post reports.

Maryland has nine Planned Parenthood health centers, which serve about 25,000 patients, according to the Associated Press. The measure will put $2 million from the state’s Medicaid budget and $700,000 from the general fund toward family planning services.

Planned Parenthood has been under attack by Republican lawmakers on the federal level for years, who’ve threatened to shut down the federal government over the healthcare provider.

GOP legislators have pledged to use their control over all three branches of government to defund the clinics because they offer abortion services. The Republican health care bill, which never saw a vote in the House, included a provision to prohibit funding to Planned Parenthood for a year.

Already, federal (and local D.C.) funds cannot be used towards abortion procedures. The federal reimbursements that Maryland is putting itself on the hook for largely come from Medicaid, because Planned Parenthood offers health services like cancer screenings, family planning, STI testing and treatment, and more to about 2.5 million people across the country.

Earlier this month, Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate to give states permission to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, unraveling an Obama-era regulation put into place last year. Pence has made no secret of his disdain for abortion. He’s the highest-ranking White House official to ever speak at the March for Life, an annual rally to protest abortion.

In D.C., the council unanimously passed emergency legislation that requires insurers to cover women’s healthcare services under the Affordable Care Act by making them D.C. law. The council is also considering a permanent bill, which Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has vowed to champion during the congressional review period.

While Maryland is the first state to pledge that it will reimburse Planned Parenthood if the federal government cuts funding, Oregon and Nevada statehouses are looking at similar legislation, according to AP.