Planned Parenthood leaders from 24 states gathered in California's capital to begin work on a nationwide strategy to protect and strengthen access to abortion.
The California Legislature wrapped up its work after approving more than a dozen bills to make it easier for people to get an abortion, a show of force that was the result of more than a year of careful planning.
"Anti-freedom states have been playing the long game. They have successfully led a ruthless, coordinated siege on reproductive freedom," Bonta said. "It's time that we play that game as well." Even if Democrats retain control of the U.S. Senate, they likely still would not have enough votes to stop Republicans from blocking abortion legislation. Democrats in the House have already voted to pass a bill that would make abortion legal nationwide, but they have been unable to get the bill past an evenly divided Senate."We can only get so far through our inside maneuverings.
Abortion rights groups feel an urgency to act, especially with bans and restrictions in place in a majority of states. Just three months after Roe v. Wade fell, abortion access in more than half of U.S. states is considered "restrictive," according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
They produced a report with more than 45 recommendations, which became the foundation for a package of 15 bills that passed the Legislature this year. The bills make abortions cheaper for women with private insurance, create scholarships for students studying to provide abortions, let some nurse practitioners perform abortions without the supervision of a doctor and shield abortion providers and volunteers from out-of-state penalties for providing abortions.
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