The Delaware Senate has approved legislation requiring Medicaid and most private health insurance plans to cover abortion.

According to the Associated Press, Democratic senators passed the legislation on a party-line vote, though it still needs to be approved by Democratic Gov. John Carney.

The bill does include an exemption allowing churches and religious employers to seek a waiver from covering abortions, but other insurance providers must provide abortions without charging copays or applying deductibles.

The coverage would be limited to $750 per person per year.

The bill is one of many recent anti-life laws, as Delaware has already allowed physician assistants and nurse practitioners to both perform abortions and prescribe abortion pills, the AP shares.  Delaware also protects out-of-state residents who come to the state for abortions.

Since the bill requires Delaware’s Medicaid to cover abortions, it will cost taxpayers about $500,000 a year, according to analysts’ estimation.

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The AP states that Delaware will become the 11th state to mandate private health insurance to cover abortions, and the 18th to require that Medicaid does so.

The Senate has two other pro-abortion bills pending action. The first would require Delaware colleges and universities with health centers to offer abortion pills and contraception, and the second bill would demand “crisis pregnancy centers to provide public notice if they are not licensed as medical facilities and do not employ a licensed medical provider,” AP reports.

LifeNews Note: Grace Porto writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.