Aug. 30 California Legislature passed a bill allowing first trimester abortions to be preformed without a supervising physician. The bill, penned by Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, now awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature. More info:
SAN DIEGO – A bill penned by Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, — which would allow California qualified nurse practitioners to perform first-trimester abortions without a supervising physician — passed the state Legislature today and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
“As judges and lawmakers across the country continue to throw pregnant women into impossible and perilous positions, I am proud that California is resolutely moving in the opposite direction,” Atkins said. “Abortion is health care — period. And like other medical decisions, it is a private conversation between patients and their health care providers.
In 2020, Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Santa Rosa, authored AB 890, which created opportunities for qualifying nurse practitioners to provide patient care without doctor supervision. “California is facing a serious doctor shortage that is only anticipated to worsen over the next 10 years,” Atkins said. “It would leave countless women and families at great risk, but there is a solution in front of us — nurse practitioners.
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