California lawmakers pass slate of bills protecting abortion access
By Sharon Bernstein
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. States seeking to enforce abortion bans will not be able to obtain medical or communications records of patients, doctors or others involved in helping women obtain care in California under a package of bills sent to Governor Gavin Newsom late on Wednesday.
The 13 bills, aimed at protecting abortion rights in the most populous U.S. state, also would allow trained nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives to perform first-trimester abortions without a doctor present.
Other measures would end criminal prosecutions and investigations for terminating a pregnancy, and set up a state website to help people navigate the process of finding and paying for an abortion.
The Democratic-led legislature's efforts to expand abortion access and protect those providing and seeking the procedure comes in response to the June ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that ended the nationwide constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.
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