BAD ABORTION BILLS PROPOSED IN 2023:
Check back for updates as legislation is frequently revised and amended.
Assembly Bills:
AB 254 - Extends CMIA privacy protections for digital data related to patients accessing abortion services
AB 315 - Targets pro-life Clinics and Centers for False Advertisinng
Why is it bad? Read the League's Letter in Opposition to AB 315 HERE.
AB 352 - Shields data related to abortion, and other sensitive services
AB 492 - Funding for yet another reproductive & behavioral Health Program
AB 571 - Forces medical malpractice insurance to cover comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care
AB 576 - Reimburses Medi-Cal for Chemical Abortions
Why is this bill bad? Read the League's Letter in Opposition to AB 576 HERE
AB 598 - Requires schools to participate in the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) and teach sexual and reproductive health care as one of the core survey modules
AB 583 - Sets up a program to pay for full spectrum doula support, including abortions, expanding "perinatal period"
Read the League's article about possible ramifications HERE
AB 710 - Currently a spot bill; however, recent press release from the Women's Caucus has stated that the bill will create "public information campaign" to provide "accurate" information about abortion care at Crisis Pregnancy Centers. This suggests the bill will target CPCs like AB 315 targets pro-life medical clinics
AB 793 - Hides digital data related to patients accessing abortion services in California
AB 1194 - Extends California Privacy Rights Act protections to accessing, procuring, or searching for abortion services.
AB 1432 - Requires every health insurance provider to cover abortion services and gender-affirming care.
AB 1481 - Ensures pregnant patients can access abortion services regardless of other health coverage.
AB 1646 - Expands access to abortion and gender-affirming care by allowing out-of-state medical school graduates to practice in California for up 90 days.
AB 1707 - Provider Protections
Senate Bills:
SB 36 - Makes it illegal to serve out-of-state warrants concerning abortions on people in California
Why is it bad? Read the League's Letter in Opposition to SB 36 HERE.
SB 345 - Replace "unborn child/person" with "fetus," dehumanizing the unborn in California statutes
SB 385 - Physician Assistants can conduct First Trimester Abortions without direct Doctor Supervision
What's wrong with this bill? Read the League's Letter in Opposition to SB 385 HERE.
SB 487 - Attempts to Nullify other states' Abortion Laws
AB = Assembly Bill. SB = Senate Bill.
Abortion Expansion Laws The League fought in 2022:
CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR OPPOSITION TESTIMONY
HR 78 and SR 63 virtue signaling Resolutions affirming Roe v. Wade
SCA 10 aka "Prop 1" to amend state constitution to create a right to individual "reproductive freedom."
SB 1131 Protecting Identity of Abortion Workers AB 2626 Protects Abortionists from discipline
SB 1142 Abortion Tourism AB 2586 Abortion grants as Reproductive Justice
SB 1245 Los Angeles County Abortion Haven AB 2223 Decriminalizes Infanticide
SB 1375 Lowers professional standards for abortions AB 2134 Reproductive Health Fund Abortion grants
SB 532 “Reproductive health decisions” new civil right AB 1940 School-based Reproductive health care (VETOED by Newsom)
AB 1666 Ignores out-of-state abortion judgments AB 1918 Abortion Scholarships
AB 2091 Ignores out-of-state abortion subpoenas AB 657 Fast-tracks Abortion Licensing
AB 1242 Ignores out-of-state abortions warrants
AB 2320 Abortion access in rural counties (VETOED by Newsom)
THE PROBLEM WITH PROPOSITION 1.
ON JANUARY 1, 2023, CALIFORNIA ENACTED PROPOSITION 1:
“The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. . .”
WHAT DOES PROP 1'S LANGUAGE MEAN?
Its broad grant of "reproductive freedom" - regardless of age or maturity - may be an existential threat to public health and protection of women and children.
PROP 1 THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH.
PROP 1 ERODES PARENTAL RIGHTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN.
PROP 1 ENCOURAGES HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION.
HERE'S WHY: "Reproductive freedom" as a fundamental constitutional right may override existing laws that protect children and public health. Existing protections could be deemed "state interference." Read ADF's legal brief here.
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Minors may be able to consent to sex at any age and with anyone.
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Girls and women may sell eggs and rent their wombs to anyone - including private firms for profit - without state oversight or restrictions.
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Minors may consent to mutilating gender reassignment surgeries and permanent hormone blockers without parental consent or even knowledge.
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And Prop 1 could override existing public health bans on incest and polygamy because they also interfere with sexual freedom.
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Even state regulation of abortion clinics and abortionists could be deemed unconstitutional interference with someone's right to choose a type of reproductive care.
We do not know how expansive this undefined "reproductive freedom" could get.
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