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Robin Abcarian: California college students who want abortions were slapped in the face by Jerry Brown

It takes a particularly privileged, out-of-touch person to tell California college students that it's no big inconvenience for them to travel up to seven miles to obtain an abortion pill.

Good grief, Jerry Brown.

What happened to your common sense, your compassion and your desire to help young women make better lives for themselves? Why did you align yourself with the forces that would turn back the clock on women's rights?

In September, our outgoing governor received a bill that would have required health centers at University of California and Cal State University campuses to provide students with pills

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