Abortion, Gambling, Taxes, Kidneys, Arts: California’s 7 Ballot Initiatives

Activists gather outside the U.S. Courthouse to demonstrate in support of abortion, in downtown Los Angeles on May 3, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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The Labor Day weekend has launched the sprint to the Nov. 8 election. But already voters have been inundated with weeks of ads on TV and social media for two gambling initiatives. Here’s a rundown of the choices placed before California voters.

Proposition 1

Proposition 1 would insert the right to an abortion into the California Constitution. Abortion has been legal in the state since 1967. And the 2002 Reproductive Privacy Act, passed by the Legislature, further codified the procedure.