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Governor Newsom Signs Additional Bills To Protect Women Who Need Abortion Care

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"0 0 &lbrack;&rsqb;">IKDR&excl; California continues to lead the nation’s fight for reproductive health care access and privacy&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;governor-gavin-newsom-signs-catalytic-converter-theft-legislation&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Governor Gavin Newsom<&sol;a> has been on a roll signing more bills left and right&period; He is shaking the table as he implements positive changes to benefit women seeking an abortion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to his <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gov&period;ca&period;gov&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;27&sol;new-protections-for-people-who-need-abortion-care-and-birth-control&sol;">official website<&sol;a>&comma; he signed additional bills into law to further protect people from legal retaliation and prohibit law enforcement and corporations from cooperating with out-of-state entities regarding lawful abortions in California&period; In addition to expanding access to contraception and abortion providers in California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement&comma; Governor Newsom said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;An alarming number of states continue to outlaw abortion and criminalize women&comma; and it’s more important than ever to fight like hell for those who need these essential services&period; We’re doing everything we can to protect people from any retaliation for accessing abortion care while also making it more affordable to get contraceptives&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our Legislature has been on the frontlines of this fight&comma; and no other legislative body in the country is doing more to protect these fundamental rights – I’m proud to stand with them again and sign these critical bills into law&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>It’s a lot in the package&comma; so we’ll break it down&comma; Roomies&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reports show Bill AB 2223 helps to ensure that pregnancy loss is not criminalized&comma; prohibiting a person from being criminally or civilly liable for miscarriage&comma; stillbirth&comma; abortion&comma; or perinatal death due to causes that occurred in utero&period; Bill 2091 prohibits a health care provider from releasing medical information on an individual seeking abortion care in response to a subpoena or request from out-of-state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bill AB 1242 prohibits law enforcement and California corporations from cooperating with out-of-state entities regarding a lawful abortion in California&period; It also prohibits law enforcement from knowingly arresting a person for aiding in a lawful abortion in California&period; SB 523 expands birth control access – regardless of gender or insurance coverage status – by requiring health plans to cover specific over-the-counter birth control without cost sharing&period; It also prohibits employment-related discrimination based on reproductive health decisions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lastly&comma; SB 1375 expands training options for Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse-Midwives to perform abortion care by aspiration techniques&period; Governor Newsom is standing ten toes down beside women&period; If you recall&comma; he previously signed SB 245 to eliminate cost-sharing for abortion services and AB 1666&comma; which seeks to protect those in California from civil liability for providing&comma; aiding&comma; or receiving abortion care in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; you can expect more changes in California as Governor Newsom has to sign or veto over 500 more bills before September 30th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"99023" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;governor-newsom-signs-additional-bills-to-protect-women-who-need-care&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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