California Lawmakers Doubling Down on Expanding Abortion Access, Welcoming Out-of-State Residents

The California State Capitol building in Sacramento on April 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SACRAMENTO—Following the historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation to make abortion services widely accessible and legal in California for abortion seekers from other states.

Since the 1973 precedent—which overrode state-level abortion restrictions and largely legalized the procedure nationwide—has been overruled, the issue of whether and how to regulate abortion access is now back at the states’ discretion.