California Expands Access and Protections for Reproductive Health Care
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Newsom Sept. 27 signed nine bills – providing stronger protections for providers delivering abortion care, expanding the health care workforce and protecting patient reproductive health care information.
This action builds on California’s efforts to safeguard access to reproductive health care and remain a safe haven state – including protecting patients, providers and supporters; expanding access to care and services; and sharing California’s efforts and actions with other states through the Reproductive Freedom Alliance.
The bill package signed today includes:
Protecting People From Other States’ Abortion Bans:
Protecting Reproductive Health Information:
Protecting Patients and Providers:
Expanding Reproductive Healthcare Workforce:
People in need of abortion care or support accessing abortion care, regardless of what state they call home, can utilize California’s nation-leading website: Abortion.CA.Gov.
California Bans Book Bans and Textbook Censorship in Schools
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom Sep. 25 signed AB 1078 by Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), which bans “book bans” in schools, prohibits censorship of instructional materials, and strengthens California law requiring schools to provide all students access to textbooks that teach about California’s diverse communities.
AB 1078 provides the superintendent of public instruction the authority to buy textbooks for students in a school district, recoup costs, and assess a financial penalty if a school board willfully chooses to not provide sufficient standards-aligned instructional materials for students. The law also prohibits school boards from banning instructional materials or library books on the basis that they provide inclusive and diverse perspectives in compliance with state law.
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