Democratic-led states like California, New York and Connecticut have been writing and passing laws to make it easier to get an abortion, with California promoting its abortion services on a state-funded web
SB 487 (Atkins) Provides additional safeguards for California abortion providers and other entities and individuals that serve and support abortion patients that reside in states with hostile abortion laws. A few other notable bills: Assembly Bill 12 limits the amount landlords can charge for a secur...
As proposals to tighten abortion laws work their way through statehouses across the country, California lawmakers are set to consider legislation aimed at giving more women access to first-term pregnancy terminations.sacbeeSacbee
Nine stateshave laws that restrict emergency contraception — for example, by allowing pharmacies to refuse to dispense it or excluding it from state family planning programs — according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. InAlabamaandLouisianathis year, ...
“All Californians must also have access to complete information about their rights to obtain care and programs available to make abortion accessible and affordable. In addition, the state must take meaningful action to combat and mitigate harmful and misleading information perpetuated by...
Opponents have contended the Michigan measure could have far-reaching effects on other laws in the state, such as one requiring parental notification of an abortion for someone under age 18. Legal experts say changes to other laws would only happen if someone sued and won, a process...
Legislators also are expected to spend the year discussing ways to protect dozens of laws expected to be targeted by the Trump administration, including one that has made California a sanctuary for people seeking abortions who live in states where abortion access has been severely limited. ...
California has passed dozens of laws to protect abortion access, including setting aside $20 million in taxpayer money to help pay for patients in other states to travel to California to get an abortion. Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature worked quickly to get this law ...
abortion ban California New Laws 2024: You Shall Comply January 2, 2024 8:22 am The California Legislature passes thousands of bills every year. We don’t really need more laws – at all. However, here are some of the new laws the 40 million California residents will be facing in ...
California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned 1 of 2 | FILE - People rally in support of abortion rights at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 21, 2019. On Wednesday Dec. 8, 2021, a group of abortion providers and advocacy groups recommended California should use...