In the wake of the U. But in the wake of the U. Wade and conservative momentum in state legislatures and federal politics, California lawmakers think these protections are not enough.
On Nov. Constitution, and two, because the Reproductive Privacy Act can be too easily repealed by future conservative legislatures. Since the U. Supreme Court declared Roe vs. Wade unconstitutional, 13 states initiated a complete ban on abortions. Opponents say Proposition 1 is unnecessary since reproductive rights are already protected by state law. The Reproductive Privacy Act protects abortions occurring before fetal viability, or 24 weeks after conception, or later if necessary to protect the health of the mother.
But healthcare providers who are licensed to perform abortions are regardless held to professional and ethical standards binding them to maintain the life of a fetus if it was alive after the abortion.
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