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| California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) |
The law will increase health insurance premiums for both individuals and employers, but it will benefit abortion businesses. The customers of abortion businesses will no longer need to pay anything out of pocket, and it will be easier for abortion businesses to sell their deadly services.
“As states across the country attempt to move us backwards by restricting fundamental reproductive rights, California continues to protect and advance reproductive freedom for all,” Newsom said in a statement. “With this legislation, we’ll help ensure equitable, affordable access to abortion services so that out-of-pocket costs don’t stand in the way of receiving care.”
“Instead of focusing on how to make abortion services more affordable, the legislature should be working on making the cost-of-living more affordable for mothers and caregivers,” California Catholic Conference executive director Kathleen Domingo said March 18 after the California Assembly passed the bill.
California joins Illinois, New York, and Oregon as the only states to ban co-pays for abortion expenses.
