Eight in 10 California voters say abortion is an important issue when voting this year, while 71% say they plan to vote Yes on Proposition 1, a constitutional amendment to enshrine reproductive rights in the state Constitution.
, the historic 1973 ruling that gave women nationwide the legal right to choose abortion.
Overall, however, conservatives are a minority in California — 28% of the state’s voters identify that way, with only 12% saying they are very conservative. Voters who identify as liberal or moderate support the proposed amendment by wide margins. If passed by a majority of voters in November, Proposition 1 would further protect the state’s progressive laws on reproductive rights, which grant anyone of reproductive age “the fundamental right to choose to bear a child or to choose and to obtain an abortion.” Currently, those rights in California are held up by case law and statutes, but supporters said attacks on abortion access made additional safeguards in the state Constitution necessary.
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling, California’s Democratic lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen bills and added $200 million in the budget to increase access to abortions in the state, including for those who travel to California from areas of the country where the procedure is banned.
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