User:EmmaCoop/sandbox/Abortion in California

Abortion law
Topics to write on:
 * Legislation
 * California Therapeutic Abortion Act (1967)
 * https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990671_INT.html
 * https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1968&context=hastings_law_journal
 * Reproductive FACT (Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency) Act (2015)
 * Propositions (initiative state constitutional amendments on parental notification) – use Abortion in the Republic of Ireland as a template
 * 2005 California Proposition 73
 * 2006 California Proposition 85
 * 2008 California Proposition 4
 * Court rulings
 * Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights v. Myers (1981) – invalidated prohibitions of Medi-Cal funding of abortions enacted by the Legislature
 * Useful links
 * https://calmatters.org/explainers/abortion-in-california-laws/

Propositions
Between 1999 and 2015, there were 34 attempts to place on the ballot an initiative to impose a waiting period on abortions or require parental notification in California, of which only 3 succeeded in qualifying for a statewide vote.


 * Notes