Gov. Newsom signed a bill into law that makes it harder for GOP-led states to stop all abortion-seekers. (via thereidout Blog)
But California Attorney General Rob Bonta explained in aThe bill prohibits the arrest of anyone for seeking, aiding or performing a legal abortion, and it bans California law enforcement from assisting another state’s investigation into a legal abortion performed in California, according to
Bonta's office. That’s an important inclusion, given some Republicans in states with strict abortion measuresAB 1242 also requires out-of-state law enforcement agencies seeking records from California-based corporations using the state’s “warrant streamlining law” to confirm the records won’t be used to prosecute an abortion that’s legal in California.
“California has banded together with Oregon and Washington to stand up for women, and to protect access to reproductive health care,” Newsom said inin June, following the demise of Roe v. Wade. “We will not sit on the sidelines and allow patients who seek reproductive care in our states or the doctors that provide that care to be intimidated with criminal prosecution. We refuse to go back and we will fight like hell to protect our rights and our values.
The fight to protect abortion rights continues. In California, that means protecting abortion-seekers from Big Brother’s watchful eye.
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