{"id":129255,"date":"2021-09-22T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T02:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=129255"},"modified":"2021-09-22T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T02:57:15","slug":"governor-newsom-signs-legislation-strengthening-access-to-reproductive-health-care-lifts-up-california-future-of-abortion-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=129255","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Strengthening Access to Reproductive Health Care &#038; Lifts up California Future of Abortion Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;In the face of unprecedented attacks on women\u2019s health care and reproductive rights throughout the country, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the Administration\u2019s participation in a new advisory group, the California Future of Abortion Council, to advance the state\u2019s leadership on reproductive freedom and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qdVK8i-wml4\">signed legislation<\/a>\u00a0furthering the state\u2019s commitment to ensuring access to essential reproductive and sexual health care services. The legislation will protect the privacy of patients seeking sensitive health care services, including reproductive health care, and create new safeguards to protect patients and providers from harassment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6460\" src=\"https:\/\/dailytide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gavsigning-400x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia has been a leader in protecting access to sexual and reproductive rights, but as we\u2019ve seen recently with unprecedented attacks on these rights, we can and must do more,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cI applaud the establishment of the California Future of Abortion Council and look forward to its important work to advance our state\u2019s leadership on this vital issue. I\u2019m proud today to sign these two bills that demonstrate our dedication to strengthening and further protecting access to reproductive health care services in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AB 1356 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) increases penalties for current crimes under the California Freedom of Access to Clinic Act and updates online privacy laws and peace officer training related to anti-reproduction-rights offenses. It creates new offenses arising from recording or photographing patients or providers within 100 feet of the entrance to a reproductive health services facility.<\/p>\n<p>AB 1184 by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) protects the privacy rights of people receiving sensitive health care services, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, by ensuring patient information is kept confidential if they are not the primary policyholder for their health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>This action comes in the wake of attacks on sexual health care and reproductive rights around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s failure to block Texas\u2019 ban on abortion after six weeks. California is a national leader on reproductive and sexual health protections and rights, and Governor Newsom\u2019s actions today make clear that the state will remain a haven for all Californians, and for those coming from out-of-state seeking reproductive health services here. The Administration\u2019s participation in the new \u201cCalifornia Future of Abortion Council\u201d \u2013 launched by Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC), NARAL-Pro Choice CA, Black Women for Wellness, ACCESS Reproductive Justice, and National Health Law Program (NHelp) \u2013 will work in collaboration with researchers, advocates, policy makers, providers, patients and key constituents to identify potential challenges that currently exist or may arise, and recommend solutions that will continue the state\u2019s reproductive freedom leadership.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Governor Newsom signed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Proclamation-on-Reproductive-Freedom.pdf\">Proclamation on Reproductive Freedom<\/a>, reaffirming California\u2019s commitment to protecting women\u2019s reproductive choices. The Governor has advanced investments to expand access to reproductive and sexual health care and signed multiple bills protecting reproductive freedom, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB374\">SB 374<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2019\/10\/11\/governor-gavin-newsom-signs-reproductive-freedom-legislation-including-bill-to-expand-access-to-care-on-college-campuses\/\">SB 24 and AB 1264<\/a>\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;In the face of unprecedented attacks on women\u2019s health care and reproductive rights throughout the country, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the Administration\u2019s participation in a new advisory group, the California Future of Abortion Council, to advance the state\u2019s leadership on reproductive freedom and\u00a0signed legislation\u00a0furthering the state\u2019s commitment to ensuring access to essential reproductive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,33,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-health-fitness","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gavinsigning-400x250-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129256,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129255\/revisions\/129256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}