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"content": "\u003cp>Like many new political candidates at the time, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan first ran for the state Assembly in 2018 because she was troubled by the election of then-President Donald Trump and wanted California to fight back against his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six years later, that dynamic has flipped on its head. In the just-concluded regular legislative session, the San Ramon Democrat and her colleagues instead battled a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/08/california-conservatives-fight-back/\">surging rebellion from conservative California communities\u003c/a> against the state’s liberal governance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On issues including abortion access, election rules and LGBTQ rights, Democrats in Sacramento passed legislation this year to stifle emerging local policies that they argued undermine the state’s commitment to diversity, civil rights and other progressive values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In certain ways, we have the right to hold the line for our constituencies,” said \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/rebecca-bauer-kahan-165035\">Bauer-Kahan\u003c/a>, who compared the relationship between the Legislature and local governments to a system of checks and balances. “And I think that’s what we’re doing right now — we’re checking them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tensions over local control are nothing new in California politics, as anyone who has followed decades of debate about land use and housing development can attest. But the last few years have opened a new front of conflict around cultural grievances more typical of red states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Republican power waning in California — the party hasn’t elected a candidate to statewide office since 2006 and labors under a superminority in the Legislature — conservatives are increasingly using the relative autonomy of city councils, county boards of supervisors and school boards to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/11/huntington-beach-conservatives/\">protest liberal state policymaking and assert a competing vision for their communities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just a lot of built-up frustration and that’s one valve that’s being used,” said Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/bill-essayli-165444\">Bill Essayli\u003c/a>, a Corona Republican who is often an outspoken opponent of bills to shut down conservative defiance. “We’re in an era in politics where you need an adversary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result has been local laws to require voter identification at the polls, block abortion clinics from opening, review children’s library books for sexual content and mandate parental notification when students change their gender identity at school — prompting legislative Democrats to respond with measures that would ban those policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t want free people to make up their own minds,” said Fresno County Supervisor Steve Brandau, who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/\">developed a library material review committee\u003c/a> for his county because he was disturbed by the children’s books included in a Pride Month display at a local library. “We’re fighting for our lives, we’re fighting for our livelihoods, we’re fighting for our beliefs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clash began intensifying last year, with a showdown over an elementary school social studies textbook. When a Riverside County school board refused to adopt the state-approved curriculum because it referenced assassinated LGBTQ rights activist Harvey Milk, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to send the textbook directly to students and bill the district, which then reversed course. Legislators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/09/california-book-bans/\">subsequently passed a law\u003c/a> to penalize school boards that ban books because they include the history or culture of LGBTQ people and other diverse groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature also approved, and Newsom signed, a measure to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws/#c2120155-fc6a-4c1b-9323-6291c4b1efd8\">limit when local governments can count ballots by hand\u003c/a>, after Shasta County canceled its contract with a voting machine company because of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/shasta-county-election-administration/\">unfounded election fraud claims\u003c/a> pushed by Trump and his allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spate of legislation has followed this year, most controversially \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab1955?slug=CA_202320240AB1955\">Assembly Bill 1955\u003c/a> by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/christopher-ward-35497\">Chris Ward\u003c/a>, a San Diego Democrat, which \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/07/trans-youth-california/\">prevents school districts from alerting parents\u003c/a> when a student starts identifying as another gender. Such parental notification policies began sprouting up across California after the 2022 election, when Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/08/california-republicans-school-board-races/\">focused on winning control of school boards\u003c/a>, but critics argue they amount to forced outing. Essayli and Democratic Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/corey-jackson-165443\">Corey Jackson\u003c/a> nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article289582908.html\">came to blows on the Assembly floor\u003c/a> over AB 1955, which Newsom signed in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_12002527,news_11995853,news_12001799\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other measures are headed to the governor’s desk after receiving final approval from the Legislature last week, including Bauer-Kahan’s \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab2085?slug=CA_202320240AB2085\">AB 2085\u003c/a> to streamline the permitting process for reproductive health clinics. Though California has positioned itself as an “abortion sanctuary” since the U.S Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — even putting reproductive rights into the state constitution — \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/04/abortion-rights-california-beverly-hills-clinic/\">local opposition has prevented clinics from opening\u003c/a> in cities such as Beverly Hills and Fontana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw the voters say they overwhelmingly support abortion rights, so it’s important that we as a state step in to ensure this access that they said they want,” Bauer-Kahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws-2024/#f2de7f04-ca4b-4c20-b7e3-f75a528befe4\">Senate Bill 1174\u003c/a> by state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/dave-min-165451\">Dave Min\u003c/a>, an Irvine Democrat, would prohibit local governments from requiring voter identification in municipal elections, which \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/03/california-election-huntington-beach/\">Huntington Beach adopted this past spring\u003c/a> as a security measure despite criticisms that it would create unnecessary hurdles for poor and minority voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws-2024/#828d086d-0676-48b0-a25c-ddf15e45dc40\">AB 1825\u003c/a> by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/al-muratsuchi-34399\">Al Muratsuchi\u003c/a>, would \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/\">outlaw the sort of citizen review panels\u003c/a> that Huntington Beach and Fresno County recently created to restrict access to library books with “sexual references” and “gender-identity content.” Supporters argue the committees can keep inappropriate material out of children’s hands, while opponents contend that they target books with LGBTQ themes for censorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislators behind these bills say they support local control on some issues, but it can go too far when communities use their power to challenge people’s rights or the values that Californians have broadly affirmed. That’s when they believe the state should step in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see it as our responsibility for the Legislature to establish protections for all kids regardless of where they live,” said Muratsuchi, a Torrance Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03.jpg\" alt=\"Several people look toward a person at a podium with a microphone and a large screen behind them.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The state Senate during a floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic lawmakers suggested the growing confrontation could be a symptom of the divisive politics of the Trump era. They said many conservatives took a signal from Trump’s refusal to accept his loss in the 2020 presidential election and, like liberal states during the Trump administration, are picking up the mantle to lead a political resistance — which they believe, in many cases, has gone too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve seen a lot of these people really thumb their nose at the rule of law,” Min said. “They’re trying to get around that through sneaky little tactics.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservative politicians counter that they are simply reacting to a state government that has pushed much further left than their constituents by listening to the LGBTQ rights movement and other activists rather than the people who elected them. Essayli said the Democratic supermajority in the Legislature is over-representative of a progressive ideology compared to California voters, only 46% of whom are registered Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s one side changing what the norm is,” he said. “Then we’re considered the instigators, the agitators, the provocateurs for saying, wait, that’s not the way it’s always been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Newsom declined to comment on the legislation pending before him or when the governor thinks state intervention is necessary to override local policies. But even if he signs the bills on his desk, is it almost certainly not the end of this fight, as communities such as Huntington Beach — which has positioned itself over the past two years as a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/11/huntington-beach-conservatives/\">bulwark in the conservative war against “wokeism”\u003c/a> — consider lawsuits and other forms of protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002789\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a red dress holds a book while leaning against a desk with a stack of books and pictures in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gracey Van Der Mark, Mayor Pro Tem, with books she believes should be banned from children’s sections of the library in Huntington Beach Nov. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark has already \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2024-08-07/huntington-beach-city-council-majority-calls-for-creation-of-a-parents-right-to-know-ordinance\">introduced a “parents’ right to know” ordinance \u003c/a>as a direct challenge to AB 1955, the law prohibiting schools from reporting when students change their gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her city is more at odds now with Sacramento because state politicians are trying to stamp out ideological diversity in California and force all parents to raise their children in a certain way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s none of the state’s business,” she said. “We’re sick and tired of it. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Republican power waning in California — the party hasn’t elected a candidate to statewide office since 2006 and labors under a superminority in the Legislature — conservatives are increasingly using the relative autonomy of city councils, county boards of supervisors and school boards to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/11/huntington-beach-conservatives/\">protest liberal state policymaking and assert a competing vision for their communities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just a lot of built-up frustration and that’s one valve that’s being used,” said Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/bill-essayli-165444\">Bill Essayli\u003c/a>, a Corona Republican who is often an outspoken opponent of bills to shut down conservative defiance. “We’re in an era in politics where you need an adversary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result has been local laws to require voter identification at the polls, block abortion clinics from opening, review children’s library books for sexual content and mandate parental notification when students change their gender identity at school — prompting legislative Democrats to respond with measures that would ban those policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t want free people to make up their own minds,” said Fresno County Supervisor Steve Brandau, who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/\">developed a library material review committee\u003c/a> for his county because he was disturbed by the children’s books included in a Pride Month display at a local library. “We’re fighting for our lives, we’re fighting for our livelihoods, we’re fighting for our beliefs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clash began intensifying last year, with a showdown over an elementary school social studies textbook. When a Riverside County school board refused to adopt the state-approved curriculum because it referenced assassinated LGBTQ rights activist Harvey Milk, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to send the textbook directly to students and bill the district, which then reversed course. Legislators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/09/california-book-bans/\">subsequently passed a law\u003c/a> to penalize school boards that ban books because they include the history or culture of LGBTQ people and other diverse groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature also approved, and Newsom signed, a measure to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws/#c2120155-fc6a-4c1b-9323-6291c4b1efd8\">limit when local governments can count ballots by hand\u003c/a>, after Shasta County canceled its contract with a voting machine company because of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/shasta-county-election-administration/\">unfounded election fraud claims\u003c/a> pushed by Trump and his allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spate of legislation has followed this year, most controversially \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab1955?slug=CA_202320240AB1955\">Assembly Bill 1955\u003c/a> by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/christopher-ward-35497\">Chris Ward\u003c/a>, a San Diego Democrat, which \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/07/trans-youth-california/\">prevents school districts from alerting parents\u003c/a> when a student starts identifying as another gender. Such parental notification policies began sprouting up across California after the 2022 election, when Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/08/california-republicans-school-board-races/\">focused on winning control of school boards\u003c/a>, but critics argue they amount to forced outing. Essayli and Democratic Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/corey-jackson-165443\">Corey Jackson\u003c/a> nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article289582908.html\">came to blows on the Assembly floor\u003c/a> over AB 1955, which Newsom signed in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other measures are headed to the governor’s desk after receiving final approval from the Legislature last week, including Bauer-Kahan’s \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab2085?slug=CA_202320240AB2085\">AB 2085\u003c/a> to streamline the permitting process for reproductive health clinics. Though California has positioned itself as an “abortion sanctuary” since the U.S Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — even putting reproductive rights into the state constitution — \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/04/abortion-rights-california-beverly-hills-clinic/\">local opposition has prevented clinics from opening\u003c/a> in cities such as Beverly Hills and Fontana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw the voters say they overwhelmingly support abortion rights, so it’s important that we as a state step in to ensure this access that they said they want,” Bauer-Kahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws-2024/#f2de7f04-ca4b-4c20-b7e3-f75a528befe4\">Senate Bill 1174\u003c/a> by state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/dave-min-165451\">Dave Min\u003c/a>, an Irvine Democrat, would prohibit local governments from requiring voter identification in municipal elections, which \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/03/california-election-huntington-beach/\">Huntington Beach adopted this past spring\u003c/a> as a security measure despite criticisms that it would create unnecessary hurdles for poor and minority voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws-2024/#828d086d-0676-48b0-a25c-ddf15e45dc40\">AB 1825\u003c/a> by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/al-muratsuchi-34399\">Al Muratsuchi\u003c/a>, would \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/\">outlaw the sort of citizen review panels\u003c/a> that Huntington Beach and Fresno County recently created to restrict access to library books with “sexual references” and “gender-identity content.” Supporters argue the committees can keep inappropriate material out of children’s hands, while opponents contend that they target books with LGBTQ themes for censorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislators behind these bills say they support local control on some issues, but it can go too far when communities use their power to challenge people’s rights or the values that Californians have broadly affirmed. That’s when they believe the state should step in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see it as our responsibility for the Legislature to establish protections for all kids regardless of where they live,” said Muratsuchi, a Torrance Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03.jpg\" alt=\"Several people look toward a person at a podium with a microphone and a large screen behind them.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/082924_StateCapitolSession_FM_CM-03-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The state Senate during a floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic lawmakers suggested the growing confrontation could be a symptom of the divisive politics of the Trump era. They said many conservatives took a signal from Trump’s refusal to accept his loss in the 2020 presidential election and, like liberal states during the Trump administration, are picking up the mantle to lead a political resistance — which they believe, in many cases, has gone too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve seen a lot of these people really thumb their nose at the rule of law,” Min said. “They’re trying to get around that through sneaky little tactics.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservative politicians counter that they are simply reacting to a state government that has pushed much further left than their constituents by listening to the LGBTQ rights movement and other activists rather than the people who elected them. Essayli said the Democratic supermajority in the Legislature is over-representative of a progressive ideology compared to California voters, only 46% of whom are registered Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s one side changing what the norm is,” he said. “Then we’re considered the instigators, the agitators, the provocateurs for saying, wait, that’s not the way it’s always been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Newsom declined to comment on the legislation pending before him or when the governor thinks state intervention is necessary to override local policies. But even if he signs the bills on his desk, is it almost certainly not the end of this fight, as communities such as Huntington Beach — which has positioned itself over the past two years as a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/11/huntington-beach-conservatives/\">bulwark in the conservative war against “wokeism”\u003c/a> — consider lawsuits and other forms of protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002789\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a red dress holds a book while leaning against a desk with a stack of books and pictures in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/111123_HuntingtonBeach_LJ_CM_5639-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gracey Van Der Mark, Mayor Pro Tem, with books she believes should be banned from children’s sections of the library in Huntington Beach Nov. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark has already \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2024-08-07/huntington-beach-city-council-majority-calls-for-creation-of-a-parents-right-to-know-ordinance\">introduced a “parents’ right to know” ordinance \u003c/a>as a direct challenge to AB 1955, the law prohibiting schools from reporting when students change their gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her city is more at odds now with Sacramento because state politicians are trying to stamp out ideological diversity in California and force all parents to raise their children in a certain way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s none of the state’s business,” she said. “We’re sick and tired of it. 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"content": "\u003cp>At a fundraiser in San Francisco last week, Vice President \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/Kamala-Harris/\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a> spoke bluntly about the future of reproductive rights: California is not immune to a national abortion ban, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The stakes are high,” Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, said to a cheering crowd at the Fairmont Hotel that included Gov. Gavin Newsom and other high-profile Democrats. She continued the theme this week at the Democratic National Convention, where delegates have stressed their fears that reproductive rights could be curtailed nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Democratic nominee, Harris has made \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/abortion-in-california-laws/\">abortion and reproductive rights\u003c/a> a central issue in the presidential race. Political strategists and pollsters say it’s a winning issue for Democrats, with the majority of the American public supportive of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/abortion/\">abortion\u003c/a> to some degree even as nearly two dozen states have passed abortion bans since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended federal abortion protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where did Harris’ full-throated support for abortion rights come from? According to colleagues, friends and Harris’ public record, it’s anything but new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She built a reputation in California as a prosecutor who backed abortion rights, and, as attorney general, Harris threw her weight behind multiple abortion issues with national consequences. Two standouts include investigating claims that Planned Parenthood \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-attorney-general-seizes-planned-parenthood-videos-20160405-story.html\">sold fetal remains\u003c/a> and supporting regulation of \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-issues-statement-governor-brown-signing\">anti-abortion pregnancy centers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as I have known her, this has always been a core issue,” said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu. Chiu is a former Democratic Assembly member who has known Harris for more than 20 years and worked with her on multiple statewide campaigns opposing ballot measures that would have required doctors to tell parents before performing an abortion on a minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That record gives her credibility to her platform on reproductive rights, but it also makes her a target among anti-abortion groups who stamp Harris as an extremist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The party that called for abortions to be ‘safe, legal and rare’ is long gone,” said Marjorie Dannefelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, in a press release on the Democratic National Convention’s 2024 platform. “They ignore the majority of women facing unplanned pregnancy who want real solutions to keep their children, not more pressure to abort. And they lack the courage to tell the truth about their agenda to go even further than Roe by passing a national all-trimester abortion mandate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Investigating anti-abortion group\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As attorney general, Harris’ first foray into the highly charged national abortion debate came in April 2016 when investigators from the California Department of Justice raided the home of anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, seizing a laptop and hard drives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine months prior, Daleiden posted videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood executives engaging in the illegal sale of fetal remains. The videos showed covertly filmed conversations of Planned Parenthood executives discussing abortion procedures and how tissue is collected and exchanged with research companies. At least 13 state investigations, including those initiated by Republican lawmakers, have since debunked the claims made by Daleiden in the videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donating fetal tissue to researchers and recouping expenses is legal under U.S. law and states may impose additional regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the time the videos set off a firestorm of outrage across the country. They’re circulating again on social media this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001800\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP_19042799392760_sized-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP_19042799392760_sized-copy.jpg 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP_19042799392760_sized-copy-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As attorney general, Kamala Harris opened an investigation into anti-abortion activist David Daleiden after he published secretly recorded videos of discussions with Planned Parenthood leaders. His criminal case is expected to go to trial in December. He has denied wrongdoing. Daleiden is shown here outside a San Francisco courtroom on Feb. 11, 2019. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Conservatives characterized Harris’ investigation into Daleiden as a political inquisition. Anti-abortion groups protested the raid, and some California Republicans called on Harris to investigate Planned Parenthood instead of Daleiden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She made no public remarks about Daleiden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Harris never held a press conference. She didn’t do that,” said Dan Morain, a former CalMatters editor who wrote a biography of the vice president called \u003ca href=\"https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kamalas-Way/Dan-Morain/9781982175771\">\u003cem>Kamala’s Way, An American Life\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “She was doing what prosecutors need to do, (which) is not try the case in public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evidence gathered by Harris’ justice department laid the groundwork for \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press_releases/Complaint%20Affidavit_SF.PDF\">15 felony charges (PDF)\u003c/a> later filed by then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra against Daleiden and his counterpart Sandra Merritt, alleging they recorded conversations without consent in violation of state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Daleiden called the charges “bogus.” He has maintained he was exercising his First Amendment rights when he recorded conversations with Planned Parenthood leaders, and that the recordings were obtained legitimately in public places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of prosecuting the persons and organizations caught on tape (of) commercially exploiting fetal tissue transfers, the Attorney General instead targeted Daleiden and Merritt,” court documents filed by Daleiden’s attorney state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Kneer, who was chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, refuted the idea that Harris granted the organization “any special favors.” Instead, the organization was required to supply investigators with reams of documentation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They really held our feet to the fire and did everything within the letter of the law,” Kneer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California declined to be interviewed for this story. The organization has endorsed Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criminal case against Daleiden is ongoing with a jury trial scheduled for December. The state Supreme Court most recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/antiabortion-activists-face-criminal-trial-top-17867476.php\">rejected an appeal\u003c/a> from Daleiden and Merritt in 2023, allowing the jury trial to move forward. In 2019, a civil jury ruled against Daleiden and awarded Planned Parenthood $2.2 million in damages, which the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed by dismissing Daleiden’s federal appeal in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Backed California law regulating pregnancy centers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, Harris sponsored a bill in the Legislature to regulate crisis pregnancy centers. It was a relatively risky move, some say, which would end up backfiring when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with anti-abortion groups and overturned the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She stuck her neck out on that one by sponsoring the bill,” Morain said. “It’s quite apparent that it wasn’t necessarily going to be the case that it was deemed constitutional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation — simple on its face — required crisis pregnancy centers to post a notification stating that comprehensive family planning services including contraception and abortion were available through state public programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001801\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As California attorney general, Kamala Harris supported a law to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers. Here, an examination room at the Alternatives Pregnancy Center in Sacramento is ready for patients on June 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/06/crisis-pregnancy-centers-california/\">Crisis pregnancy centers\u003c/a> are often religiously affiliated organizations that aim to prevent women from getting abortions. They may offer free diapers, parenting classes and other social services, but abortion rights advocates also accuse them of misleading women about the dangers of abortion and contraception — an accusation that many centers deny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Center owners and those in the anti-abortion movement vehemently opposed the law, stating that the government was forcing them to advertise something with which they fundamentally disagreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not right, not fair and clearly unconstitutional,” said Thomas Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, a legal organization with about 155 member pregnancy centers in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost as soon as then-\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2019/11/abortion-law-california-settlement-nifla-becerra-daleiden-sekulow/\">Gov. Jerry Brown signed the requirement into law\u003c/a>, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates filed a lawsuit to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1140_5368.pdf\">U.S. Supreme Court overturned the law (PDF)\u003c/a> on First Amendment grounds. Since then, lawmakers across the country have struggled to regulate pregnancy centers. There are at least \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/06/crisis-pregnancy-centers-california/\">176 pregnancy centers in California\u003c/a>, according to a 2023 CalMatters analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We won the case and it was hailed by a lot of free speech advocates as … the most significant free speech case in a generation,” Glessner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the law was struck down, supporters don’t necessarily see it as a strike against Harris’ record. Chiu, who co-authored the bill, said he believes the law was narrowly tailored and would have been upheld if former President Donald Trump had not appointed three Supreme Court justices during his term.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Abortion on the ballot after Roe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris’ public messaging on abortion has been remarkably consistent throughout her career. She has repeatedly credited her work as a local prosecutor specializing in sex crimes against women and children for her condemnation of total and near total abortion bans that make no exceptions for rape or incest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that states would be passing laws that would take from an individual their right to self determination after they have endured such an atrocious act of violence is unconscionable,” Harris said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C-GK2T&ref=watch_permalink&v=3349840731967661\">reproductive rights forum with California lawmakers\u003c/a> in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Republican presidential nominee Trump has said he would \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243942019/trump-abortion-ban-arizona-supreme-court-florida-6-week-ban\">not sign a national ban\u003c/a> and pushed the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/republicans-abortion-party-platform-trump-rnc-5561e857c5501df9864ab8ca666d8bc5\">Republican National Committee to adopt a softer stance\u003c/a> that hints at, but doesn’t outright acknowledge, fetal personhood. He has taken credit for the Supreme Court repealing Roe v. Wade, and said the issue should be settled by individual states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11998607,news_11999170,news_11999957\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans “backed away from clarity,” said Mary Ruth Ziegler, an abortion historian and legal scholar from UC Davis School of Law, on the updated Republican platform. “The platform is very confusing, and I think that’s on purpose because it’s designed to appeal to people with a wide variety of positions on abortion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an unsurprising, calculated move, said Mike Madrid, a long-time California GOP strategist and Trump opponent, because abortion is a losing issue for Republicans. It’s Harris’ strongest issue, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as you’re focused on an issue that is not your strength, you either do a complete 180 on it or you’re going to suffer on the polls,” Madrid said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ziegler also said the type of outrage Daleiden and his organization Center for Medical Progress tried to stoke 10 years ago with his undercover videos may have less impact on today’s voter in part because states have actually banned abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strategies that might have worked to paint supporters of abortion rights as extremists don’t seem to be as effective in a world where, you know, almost half the country has some kind of ban,” Ziegler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Democratic state State Sen. Toni Atkins, who ran two reproductive health clinics before seeking public office, called Harris “the loudest and most visible and most prominent voice on reproductive freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That visibility has included her visiting a Planned Parenthood clinic earlier this year, the first vice president to do so. But because of her long-running support, anti-abortion advocates like Glessner see a Harris presidency as a threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We immediately sent out an invitation for her to visit a pro-life pregnancy center … and of course never got a response,” Glessner said. “Why don’t you come and see who you’re criticizing and give us a fair shake?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Harris campaign did not respond to several interview requests for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where did Harris’ full-throated support for abortion rights come from? According to colleagues, friends and Harris’ public record, it’s anything but new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She built a reputation in California as a prosecutor who backed abortion rights, and, as attorney general, Harris threw her weight behind multiple abortion issues with national consequences. Two standouts include investigating claims that Planned Parenthood \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-attorney-general-seizes-planned-parenthood-videos-20160405-story.html\">sold fetal remains\u003c/a> and supporting regulation of \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-issues-statement-governor-brown-signing\">anti-abortion pregnancy centers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as I have known her, this has always been a core issue,” said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu. Chiu is a former Democratic Assembly member who has known Harris for more than 20 years and worked with her on multiple statewide campaigns opposing ballot measures that would have required doctors to tell parents before performing an abortion on a minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That record gives her credibility to her platform on reproductive rights, but it also makes her a target among anti-abortion groups who stamp Harris as an extremist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The party that called for abortions to be ‘safe, legal and rare’ is long gone,” said Marjorie Dannefelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, in a press release on the Democratic National Convention’s 2024 platform. “They ignore the majority of women facing unplanned pregnancy who want real solutions to keep their children, not more pressure to abort. And they lack the courage to tell the truth about their agenda to go even further than Roe by passing a national all-trimester abortion mandate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Investigating anti-abortion group\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As attorney general, Harris’ first foray into the highly charged national abortion debate came in April 2016 when investigators from the California Department of Justice raided the home of anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, seizing a laptop and hard drives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine months prior, Daleiden posted videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood executives engaging in the illegal sale of fetal remains. The videos showed covertly filmed conversations of Planned Parenthood executives discussing abortion procedures and how tissue is collected and exchanged with research companies. At least 13 state investigations, including those initiated by Republican lawmakers, have since debunked the claims made by Daleiden in the videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donating fetal tissue to researchers and recouping expenses is legal under U.S. law and states may impose additional regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the time the videos set off a firestorm of outrage across the country. They’re circulating again on social media this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001800\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP_19042799392760_sized-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP_19042799392760_sized-copy.jpg 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP_19042799392760_sized-copy-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As attorney general, Kamala Harris opened an investigation into anti-abortion activist David Daleiden after he published secretly recorded videos of discussions with Planned Parenthood leaders. His criminal case is expected to go to trial in December. He has denied wrongdoing. Daleiden is shown here outside a San Francisco courtroom on Feb. 11, 2019. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Conservatives characterized Harris’ investigation into Daleiden as a political inquisition. Anti-abortion groups protested the raid, and some California Republicans called on Harris to investigate Planned Parenthood instead of Daleiden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She made no public remarks about Daleiden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Harris never held a press conference. She didn’t do that,” said Dan Morain, a former CalMatters editor who wrote a biography of the vice president called \u003ca href=\"https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kamalas-Way/Dan-Morain/9781982175771\">\u003cem>Kamala’s Way, An American Life\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “She was doing what prosecutors need to do, (which) is not try the case in public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evidence gathered by Harris’ justice department laid the groundwork for \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press_releases/Complaint%20Affidavit_SF.PDF\">15 felony charges (PDF)\u003c/a> later filed by then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra against Daleiden and his counterpart Sandra Merritt, alleging they recorded conversations without consent in violation of state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Daleiden called the charges “bogus.” He has maintained he was exercising his First Amendment rights when he recorded conversations with Planned Parenthood leaders, and that the recordings were obtained legitimately in public places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of prosecuting the persons and organizations caught on tape (of) commercially exploiting fetal tissue transfers, the Attorney General instead targeted Daleiden and Merritt,” court documents filed by Daleiden’s attorney state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Kneer, who was chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, refuted the idea that Harris granted the organization “any special favors.” Instead, the organization was required to supply investigators with reams of documentation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They really held our feet to the fire and did everything within the letter of the law,” Kneer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California declined to be interviewed for this story. The organization has endorsed Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criminal case against Daleiden is ongoing with a jury trial scheduled for December. The state Supreme Court most recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/antiabortion-activists-face-criminal-trial-top-17867476.php\">rejected an appeal\u003c/a> from Daleiden and Merritt in 2023, allowing the jury trial to move forward. In 2019, a civil jury ruled against Daleiden and awarded Planned Parenthood $2.2 million in damages, which the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed by dismissing Daleiden’s federal appeal in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Backed California law regulating pregnancy centers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, Harris sponsored a bill in the Legislature to regulate crisis pregnancy centers. It was a relatively risky move, some say, which would end up backfiring when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with anti-abortion groups and overturned the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She stuck her neck out on that one by sponsoring the bill,” Morain said. “It’s quite apparent that it wasn’t necessarily going to be the case that it was deemed constitutional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation — simple on its face — required crisis pregnancy centers to post a notification stating that comprehensive family planning services including contraception and abortion were available through state public programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001801\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/060123_Alternatives-Pregnancy-Center_MG_CM_07-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As California attorney general, Kamala Harris supported a law to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers. Here, an examination room at the Alternatives Pregnancy Center in Sacramento is ready for patients on June 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/06/crisis-pregnancy-centers-california/\">Crisis pregnancy centers\u003c/a> are often religiously affiliated organizations that aim to prevent women from getting abortions. They may offer free diapers, parenting classes and other social services, but abortion rights advocates also accuse them of misleading women about the dangers of abortion and contraception — an accusation that many centers deny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Center owners and those in the anti-abortion movement vehemently opposed the law, stating that the government was forcing them to advertise something with which they fundamentally disagreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not right, not fair and clearly unconstitutional,” said Thomas Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, a legal organization with about 155 member pregnancy centers in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost as soon as then-\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2019/11/abortion-law-california-settlement-nifla-becerra-daleiden-sekulow/\">Gov. Jerry Brown signed the requirement into law\u003c/a>, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates filed a lawsuit to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1140_5368.pdf\">U.S. Supreme Court overturned the law (PDF)\u003c/a> on First Amendment grounds. Since then, lawmakers across the country have struggled to regulate pregnancy centers. There are at least \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/06/crisis-pregnancy-centers-california/\">176 pregnancy centers in California\u003c/a>, according to a 2023 CalMatters analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We won the case and it was hailed by a lot of free speech advocates as … the most significant free speech case in a generation,” Glessner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the law was struck down, supporters don’t necessarily see it as a strike against Harris’ record. Chiu, who co-authored the bill, said he believes the law was narrowly tailored and would have been upheld if former President Donald Trump had not appointed three Supreme Court justices during his term.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Abortion on the ballot after Roe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris’ public messaging on abortion has been remarkably consistent throughout her career. She has repeatedly credited her work as a local prosecutor specializing in sex crimes against women and children for her condemnation of total and near total abortion bans that make no exceptions for rape or incest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that states would be passing laws that would take from an individual their right to self determination after they have endured such an atrocious act of violence is unconscionable,” Harris said during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C-GK2T&ref=watch_permalink&v=3349840731967661\">reproductive rights forum with California lawmakers\u003c/a> in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Republican presidential nominee Trump has said he would \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243942019/trump-abortion-ban-arizona-supreme-court-florida-6-week-ban\">not sign a national ban\u003c/a> and pushed the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/republicans-abortion-party-platform-trump-rnc-5561e857c5501df9864ab8ca666d8bc5\">Republican National Committee to adopt a softer stance\u003c/a> that hints at, but doesn’t outright acknowledge, fetal personhood. He has taken credit for the Supreme Court repealing Roe v. Wade, and said the issue should be settled by individual states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Costales’ attorney said CVS violated that law — as well as the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2017/12/DFEH_UnruhFactSheet.pdf\">Unruh Civil Rights Act\u003c/a> prohibiting discrimination based on sex or pregnancy-related conditions — when it denied her misoprostol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CVS and its national competitor Walgreens have previously faced scrutiny from federal regulators over similar complaints from patients around the country. Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/compliance-enforcement/agreements/cvs-walgreens/index.html\">published an agreement the companies made\u003c/a> after numerous discrimination complaints of medication denial from women experiencing miscarriages and people with disabilities. The companies agreed to train pharmacy staff on reproductive health rights and monitor medication denials to ensure patients receive prescriptions in a timely manner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thibault did not answer questions about when the last time employees at Costales’ local pharmacy had been trained on reproductive health rights or what specific company policies are in place to ensure patients get medications in a timely manner.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A rare pregnancy complication\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Costales’ said her ultrasound and other tests led doctors to suspect she might have a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/molar-pregnancy/symptoms-causes/syc-20375175\">molar pregnancy\u003c/a>, a rare complication that can form cancer if untreated, and recommended surgery to find out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surgery is the only way to remove the tissue and confirm a molar pregnancy diagnosis, said Dr. Aparna Sridhar, an obstetrician and associate clinical professor at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. Sridhar was not involved in Costales’ care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the procedure, Costales said she felt fine until a week later when she woke up bleeding heavily and in severe pain. In the emergency room, a doctor recommended misoprostol to help her body finish expelling any remaining pregnancy tissue or uterine lining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to get my medication as soon as I could. And I wanted to get home and administer it so that we could feel at ease and at peace with, you know, the rest of our care plan,” Costales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most \u003ca href=\"https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-bulletin/articles/2018/11/early-pregnancy-loss\">miscarriages and early pregnancy loss\u003c/a>, Sridhar said the three management options are surgical intervention, medication and waiting to see if the body successfully empties the uterus by itself. Determining the course of treatment should be a joint decision between the patient and doctor, and all three options have been shown to be safe, Sridhar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at her CVS pharmacy, the first employee told Costales there was no prescription for her on file, the National Women’s Law Center letter alleges. The second employee told her, “I don’t know if we can fill this,” according to the letter. And after asking to speak with the pharmacist for an explanation, Costales alleges in the letter that the pharmacist said, “It doesn’t matter if I have it, I am not comfortable dispensing it to you,” and walked away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experience was humiliating, Costales said, adding that the shame and anger have lasted for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest part is I feel like CVS robbed me of my ability to mourn my pregnancy loss,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Abortion challenges continue\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The CVS employees did not tell Costales why they objected to providing her with the medication prescribed to her, she said. Nonetheless, California health experts say that since the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf\">overturned Roe v. Wade\u003c/a> two years ago, ending the constitutional right to an abortion, there has been confusion among providers about what is required under the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2024/06/supreme-court-abortion-pill/\">Supreme Court rejected the latest bid by anti-abortion groups\u003c/a> to overturn federal Food and Drug Administration regulations that expanded access to another medication, mifepristone, used both for abortion and miscarriage management. The plaintiffs were doctors opposed to abortion who argued that they could be required to treat someone in the emergency room with a complication related to abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that ruling, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that federal law guarantees “broad and comprehensive conscience protections” for doctors who object to abortion and that the plaintiffs had no examples of being forced to treat a patient who had an abortion. The anti-abortion legal group leading the case against the FDA has already pledged to continue its legal battle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say religious and moral objections have been protected for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the status quo. We have decided that we are going to allow people to opt out of care that they don’t want to perform,” said Cathren Cohen, a staff attorney with the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite laws protecting a patient’s right to medical care, individuals can struggle to defend or advocate for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This flip-flopping of changing of laws from day to day does have a detrimental and chilling effect on care people are getting,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in California, the constantly changing landscape causes uncertainty, said Dr. Josie Urbina, an obstetrician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Doctors like herself have difficulty keeping up with the ripple effects of national decision-making, and patients find it especially hard to know what is available to them and what they have a right to, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It still causes confusion; it still causes people to think, ‘This may affect me,’” Urbina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Costales said she wants Californians who identify with her story to know that they have legal protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons why I live in California is to make sure I will be protected, and I don’t have to worry about planning for my family,” Costales said. “How many other people are being impacted by this and are getting their rights neglected or just stomped on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Medication abortion will remain widely available to Californians after the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-235_n7ip.pdf\">rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups\u003c/a> to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a unanimous vote, the High Court on Thursday said plaintiffs did not have standing to claim the FDA had inappropriately expanded access to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/abortion-in-california-laws/#9f19d20d-aa0d-463f-a93f-1f63820093df\">mifepristone\u003c/a>, also known as the abortion pill. In doing so, justices temporarily upheld FDA regulations allowing clinicians to prescribe the pill via telehealth appointment and mail-order delivery of the drug and sent the case back to the lower courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Specifically, FDA’s regulations apply to doctors prescribing mifepristone and to pregnant women taking mifepristone. But the plaintiff doctors and medical associations do not prescribe or use mifepristone. And FDA has not required the plaintiffs to do anything or to refrain from doing anything,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a group representing doctors and others opposed to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/abortion/\">abortion\u003c/a>, had argued that relaxed mifepristone regulations could compel doctors with moral or religious objections to treat patients arriving at the emergency room with complications related to taking the pill. However, the ruling stated that federal law already provides comprehensive protections for clinicians who object to performing abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kavanaugh wrote, “Plaintiffs have not shown — and cannot show — that FDA’s actions will cause them to suffer any conscience injury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision is the first abortion challenge to make it to the High Court since justices overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal abortion protections in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although advocates for abortion and reproductive rights were quick to celebrate the decision, many cautioned that the case could work its way through the court system once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While a sigh of relief, SCOTUS’ decision today was decided on standing — not merits,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Make no mistake: radical anti-abortion activists will stop at nothing to deny women their rights to access reproductive care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Far from over’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Similarly, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement that the “fight for reproductive rights across the country is far from over” and reaffirmed the Department of Justice’s commitment to protecting access in California.[aside label=\"more abortion coverage\" tag=\"abortion\"]“No matter how many lawsuits they file or challenges they bring, they cannot change the facts: mifepristone is safe and effective,” Bonta said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion, California has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/abortion-in-california-laws/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strengthened abortion rights\u003c/a> and welcomed patients from states that have prohibited the procedure. Most recently, Newsom signed a law granting \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/california-abortion-ban-arizona/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion providers from Arizona\u003c/a> an expedited licensing pathway in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alliance Defending Freedom, the group representing the plaintiffs in the abortion pill case, said in a statement that it would continue the legal battle. A lower court judge has already ruled that three states — Idaho, Missouri and Kansas — can join the case as plaintiffs. Legal experts say states often have a stronger standing argument because they have to provide access to health care services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’re disappointed with the court’s decision, we will continue to advocate for women and work to restore commonsense safeguards for abortion drugs — like an initial office visit to screen for ectopic pregnancies. And we are grateful that three states stand ready to hold the FDA accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of women and girls across this country,” Erin Hawley, senior counsel for the group, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Abortion pill access\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Medication abortion is the most commonly used abortion method, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guttmacher Institute\u003c/a>, a national reproductive health policy center advocating for abortion rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mifepristone, the pill at the heart of the Supreme Court decision, is part of a two-drug regimen for medication abortion. It halts pregnancy by \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/questions-and-answers-mifepristone-medical-termination-pregnancy-through-ten-weeks-gestation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocking the hormone progesterone\u003c/a> before the second drug, misoprostol, empties the uterus by causing it to contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000 and made it easier to access in 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic made in-person dispensing requirements impossible. It is now used in nearly all medication abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cathren Cohen, a staff attorney with the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy, said a ruling against the FDA could have had a destabilizing effect on all pharmaceuticals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The court, they’re not scientists, so for them to be second-guessing the people with actual authority, which is the FDA, that’s concerning,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of 300 reproductive health researchers detailing mifepristone’s safety record. Dozens of studies have demonstrated its safety and efficacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, researchers from \u003ca href=\"https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/telehealth-medication-abortion-just-safe-and-effective-person-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health\u003c/a> conducted the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02834-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largest study of telehealth abortions\u003c/a> and found that medication abortions obtained via telehealth appointments are just as safe as those obtained through in-person medical care, with 98% of patients completing the abortion without needing additional medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Newsom announced the state would stockpile misoprostol, the second drug in the medication abortion regimen, in case the Supreme Court decision resulted in a shortage. That \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2024/03/abortion-pill-california-stockpile/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stockpile has since been depleted,\u003c/a> and it was not immediately clear whether the state would replenish it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Misoprostol can be safely used alone for abortions but is more likely to have side effects when not paired with mifepristone, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309472/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studies show\u003c/a>. Both drugs are also commonly used to manage miscarriages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. Visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.chcf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.chcf.org\u003c/a> to learn more.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And we are grateful that three states stand ready to hold the FDA accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of women and girls across this country,” Erin Hawley, senior counsel for the group, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Abortion pill access\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Medication abortion is the most commonly used abortion method, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guttmacher Institute\u003c/a>, a national reproductive health policy center advocating for abortion rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mifepristone, the pill at the heart of the Supreme Court decision, is part of a two-drug regimen for medication abortion. It halts pregnancy by \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/questions-and-answers-mifepristone-medical-termination-pregnancy-through-ten-weeks-gestation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocking the hormone progesterone\u003c/a> before the second drug, misoprostol, empties the uterus by causing it to contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000 and made it easier to access in 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic made in-person dispensing requirements impossible. 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