Maryland Gov. Wes Moore promised Sunday that his state will be stockpiling supplies of the abortion drug mifepristone for "upwards of three years" and will lead in being a "state where we are going to protect reproductive health and reproductive rights."

The Democrat governor, who took office in January, told ABC News' "This Week" that he's not only instructed Maryland's Department of Health to stockpile the drug but that the state legislature is also making moves to protect the right for abortions. 

"We passed three bills that were focusing on things like increasing access, increasing privacy, and also making sure that, when people come to Maryland, they're not going to be criminalized," Moore said. "I worked in partnership and supported the legislature's leadership of the presiding officers to make sure that next year abortion and reproductive rights will be on the ballot in the state of Maryland. So Maryland is going to be the lead on this issue."

The governor also on Sunday discussed his campaign promise to cut crime in the state and denied that millions being invested in mental and behavioral health programs are a push to defund police departments, as $122 million has been allocated to local law enforcement including $17.5 million in Baltimore alone.