Bill Requiring Public Universities To Offer Medication Abortion Passes Calif. Senate
Medication abortion can be administered up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy. One medication is administered in the clinic and a patient is given a second drug to take later at home.
The Associated Press:
California Senate Approves Medication Abortion On Campuses
California would be the first state to require public universities to offer medication abortion under legislation approved in the state Senate Monday, a bill that if signed into law would mark a vast expansion of a service that's rare on college campuses. None of the 34 University of California or California State University campuses currently offer abortion services at their health centers, instead referring students to outside providers. A group of private donors, some of them anonymous, plan to pay for up to $20 million in startup costs, including ultrasound equipment and training for both medical and billing staff. (Cooper, 1/29)
In other news from Sacramento —
San Francisco Chronicle:
Bill Would Expand Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces To All Of California
This bill mimics a recently implemented San Francisco ordinance, which as of Jan. 1 required businesses — both public and private — to provide lactation facilities to their workers by 2019, or face fines. Lactation rooms in offices mean mothers won’t have to choose between staying at home to express milk or doing it in an uncomfortable environment, like a restroom stall. (Thadani, 1/29)
Capital Public Radio:
California's Right-To-Die Law Still Has Some Kinks, Hearing Finds
Terminally ill patients can now legally choose to end their lives in California, but family members say taking advantage of the new policy is easier said than done. ...Other families had different problems. They couldn’t find doctors to prescribe the medication, or staff treating their loved ones in care facilities wouldn’t talk about the law at all. (Caiola, 1/29)