10/27/2022
PROP 1 will be on the November 2022 ballot to amend the California Constitution and legalize late-term abortion for any reason during all 40 weeks of pregnancy, including up to the moment before birth.
Currently, late-term abortion is prohibited in California unless the procedure is necessary to protect the health or life of the mother, up to the point of viability. Viability means that the fetus could survive outside of the uterus without the requirement for physicians to make extra ordinary medical steps, which is approximately 24 weeks (or six months.)
The language of Proposition 1 is a straightforward three sentences and reads as follows:
"The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes there fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This section is intended to further the constitutional right to privacy guaranteed by Section 1, and the constitutional right to not be denied equal protection guaranteed by Section 7. Nothing herein narrows or limits the right to privacy or equal protection."
The language of Proposition 1 clearly lacks limits on the time frame in which an abortion can take place during the 40 weeks of pregnancy, including after viability. Without stated time limitations, there are no limitations. • Proposition 1 would enshrine the right to abortion, including late-term abortion for any reason, into the California Constitution.
• Proposition 1 is cruel, allowing for abortion up till birth, and is extreme even for Californians.
• Proposition 1 would have California join China and
North Korea as one of a handful of countries in the world that allow abortion on demand and past the point of viability.
• The overtuming of Roe v. Wade changed nothing in California law. Women still have the right to choose to have an abortion in California.
• Current exceptions allowing for abortion only for the life and/or health of the mother after the point of fetus viability would be removed if Proposition 1 is passed, therefore, allowing abortions for any reason until birth.
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