After fall of Roe, California expands abortion protections

By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved more than a dozen bills this year to make it easier for women to get an abortion. State lawmakers wrapped up the legislative session on Wednesday. They passed 15 bills and approved $200 million in new spending to bolster the state’s already robust abortion protections. In November, voters will decide whether to make abortion a constitutional right in the nation’s most populous state. Some of these bills are already law while others will be signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom by the end of this month. Abortion foes are considering legal action to stop some of the bills from becoming law.