California constitutional amendment securing abortion, contraceptive rights goes to voters
by Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times
Jun 27, 2022
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide in November whether the state Constitution should explicitly protect a person’s right to an abortion and birth control.
On Monday, the Democratic-controlled Legislature gave final approval to a measure that would put the issue before the state’s voters, in the latest countermeasure aimed at the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 by Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, would, if approved by voters, further codify the state’s already progressive reproductive rights, which grant
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