California Democrats are proposing amendments to the state’s constitution seeking to codify abortion as a constitutional right for its citizens, a countermove predicated on the expectation that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
One of the proposed amendments—SCA 10—would explicitly ban the state from denying or interfering with abortion procedures or contraceptives. The proposal cleared two legislative committees in a single day on June 14, something that typically takes about two years.
