Democrats are moving quickly to make sure abortions are a constitutional right in California
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, speaks in support of proposed amendment to the state constitution that would protect the right to an abortion and contraceptives during a hearing on the measure in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The bill was approved by two legislative committees. It must get a two-thirds vote in the state Assembly and Senate before June 30 to qualify for the November ballot. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — — Fearing the U.S. Supreme Court will soon overturn Roe v.
If it does make it to the ballot this year, it has a good chance of passing. Among likely voters, 76% oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, according to an“California needs to act now — this year, not next year, now — to make crystal clear that we value reproductive choice," said Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco who voted for the amendment Tuesday.
Voters in Vermont will consider an amendment to their state constitution this November that would protect “personal reproductive autonomy.” But the amendment does not include the word “abortion” and makes an exception “justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”
Those things are possible because, in 1972, California voters added a right to privacy to the state constitution. State courts have cited that right to privacy while upholding many of the state's abortion laws. Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that prevents states from banning all abortions, was based on the U.S. Constitution's implied right to privacy.
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