CA LWC LEADERS INTRODUCE URGENCY BILL IN RESPONSE TO ARIZONA ABORTION BAN

SACRAMENTO – California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC) Chair Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Vice Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), in partnership with Gov. Gavin Newsom, announced the introduction of new abortion rights legislation today, responding to Arizona’s sweeping ban on reproductive care. An urgency measure, SB 233 would allow Arizona reproductive care providers to immediately perform abortion services in California under an expedited medical licensing process.

press release graphic with photoof Governor Gavin Newsom, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and members of the Legislative Women's Caucus