A ballot proposal approved Monday will ask voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the California Constitution, one of a flurry of abortion protection measures advancing in the state Legislature.
The ballot initiative (S.C.A 10) would provide that the state “shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives.” It follows the US Supreme Court decision last week invalidating Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.
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