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It usually takes about eight months for new bills to pass, barring special circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Brian Dahle, a Republican from Bieber, would oppose the plan but predicted it would probably pass California’s Democratic-dominated Legislature. He said the proposal was most likely a stunt for Newsom to win favor with his progressive base of voters ahead of a possible run for president in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The right to bear arms is different than the right to have an abortion,\" said Dahle. \"The right to have an abortion is not a constitutional amendment. So I think he’s way off base. I think he’s just using it as an opportunity to grandstand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom’s Saturday night declaration is a fulfilled prophecy for some gun rights groups who had predicted progressive states would attempt to use Texas's abortion law to restrict access to guns. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update June 24, 2022: The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was announced June 24, overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>California guarantees the right to abortion in statute and the state constitution. Our state’s abortion laws are the strongest in the United States. Both officials and abortion providers have made it very clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">abortion access in California will not change\u003c/a> because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision. \u003ca class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917776/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917776/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Read more about the overturning of Roe v. Wade\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story continues:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a case challenging \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/09/20/1038972266/supreme-court-date-roe-wade-dobbs-jackson-womens\">Roe v. Wade\u003c/a>, the landmark 1973 decision guaranteeing the right to an abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case before the court considers whether a Mississippi state ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional. The decision could undercut current law, which allows for abortion procedures up until a fetus is deemed viable — usually around 24 weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court’s ultimate decision could have vast implications for millions of pregnant people living in an estimated 26 conservative states across the country, where officials have long worked to restrict abortion access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people with face masks sit in an office.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52688_014_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Xiong, left, the director of health services at Women’s Health Specialists, and Katrina Maczen-Cantrell, the executive director, meet at the group’s Chico clinic on Nov. 18, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But whichever direction the conservative-leaning court goes, its decision likely will have little bearing on access to the procedure in California, where the fundamental right to obtain an abortion before viability is guaranteed, and will remain so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That assurance, however, doesn’t mean it’s always easy to terminate a pregnancy in California, especially in many rural parts of the state.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Laura Morehouse, director's assistant at Women's Health Specialists\"]‘These are people who have minimum-wage jobs. They can’t afford to take time off. They can’t afford additional child care.’[/pullquote]Laura Morehouse knows firsthand just how difficult it can be. When she sought an abortion about 10 years ago, she struggled to find a clinic that would do surgical abortions, and that could provide the service at a rate she could afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My abortion was going to cost me around $1,000,” Morehouse said. “I made minimum wage at the time. I worked part time as a cashier. So that was terrifying, absolutely terrifying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morehouse now works as an assistant at \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenshealthspecialists.org/\">Women’s Health Specialists\u003c/a> in Chico. The clinic, with three locations in California, provides abortions, and Morehouse says she deeply relates to patients who face even greater challenges than she once did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A 2-story wood-paneled building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the Women’s Health Specialists clinic in Chico. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are single parents. These are young people. These are people who have minimum-wage jobs,” Morehouse said. “They can’t afford to take time off. They can’t afford additional child care. They can’t afford the gas. These are people who have to travel two, three hours one way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 2017 study, the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion-rights advocacy and policy organization, found that some \u003ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/state-facts-about-abortion-california#1\">40% of mostly rural counties\u003c/a> in California — home to hundreds of thousands of women in the state — had no clinics that provided abortions. That means even in a state with some of the nation’s most progressive abortion laws, many must travel over 100 miles to find a provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like it was for Morehouse, the cost of an abortion, which rises sharply as a pregnancy progresses, also continues to be a major barrier for many lower-income pregnant people, including those with insurance. A medical abortion in California, in which pills are used to terminate a pregnancy, costs an average of $306 out of pocket, according to an \u003ca href=\"http://analyses.chbrp.com/document/view.php?id=1542\">analysis by the California Health Benefits Review Program\u003c/a>, but can’t be done after 10 weeks. The only option after that, a surgical abortion, costs an average of over $1,000 out of pocket, when factoring all associated expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897289\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing glasses and a masks sits behind a desk seen through glass.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52686_009_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A staff member at the Women’s Health Specialists clinic in Chico checks in patients on Nov. 18, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In some more conservative-leaning areas of the state, where anti-abortion sentiment is strong, safety also can be a concern — both to those seeking procedures and those running the clinics that provide them.[aside postID=\"news_11887229,forum_2010101885934,forum_2010101886287\" label=\"Related Posts]Katrina Maczen-Cantrell, the executive director of Women’s Health Specialists, who oversees the clinic in Chico as well as the group’s locations in Redding and Grass Valley, says community disapproval of abortion in some rural areas can drive providers away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have not, in our 45 years, really managed to have local providers,” Maczen-Cantrell said. “No local physician wants to remain in the community. It was just for so long, literally, physically hostile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threats aren’t just theoretical. In the early 1990s, Maczen-Cantrell’s clinics in Redding, Chico and a now-closed location in Sacramento were \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/9fab4c5afa4c87f1e58ae053010d7b15\">the targets of arson\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/Pre_96/October94/607.txt.html\">acid attacks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she said, many of those tensions remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to have protesters who harass, intimidate and threaten at our sites on abortion clinic days,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\" alt='Yellow pieces of paper that read \"survival guide\" and a white sign that reads \"free condoms\" with a purple wrappers sits on a table.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52687_012_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Literature and condoms sit on a table in the waiting room at the Women’s Health Specialists clinic in Chico on Nov. 18, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maczen-Cantrell’s clinic does not divulge the exact number of abortions they perform, but staff members suggested demand for the procedure remained high, despite the myriad obstacles often involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the fate of Roe v. 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The clinic, with three locations in California, provides abortions, and Morehouse says she deeply relates to patients who face even greater challenges than she once did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A 2-story wood-paneled building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52697_022_Chico_WomensHealthSpecialists_11182021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the Women’s Health Specialists clinic in Chico. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are single parents. These are young people. These are people who have minimum-wage jobs,” Morehouse said. “They can’t afford to take time off. They can’t afford additional child care. They can’t afford the gas. These are people who have to travel two, three hours one way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 2017 study, the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion-rights advocacy and policy organization, found that some \u003ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/state-facts-about-abortion-california#1\">40% of mostly rural counties\u003c/a> in California — home to hundreds of thousands of women in the state — had no clinics that provided abortions. That means even in a state with some of the nation’s most progressive abortion laws, many must travel over 100 miles to find a provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like it was for Morehouse, the cost of an abortion, which rises sharply as a pregnancy progresses, also continues to be a major barrier for many lower-income pregnant people, including those with insurance. 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"content": "\u003cp>With the U.S. Supreme Court staying silent, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033171800/texas-abortion-ban-supreme-court-\">a new law went into effect in Texas that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy\u003c/a>. That's well before many pregnant people even know they are pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/29/1032259863/texas-ob-gyn-my-existence-is-in-violation-of-the-new-abortion-law\">The law allows private citizens to sue abortion providers\u003c/a> and anyone else who helps a woman obtain an abortion — including those who give a woman a ride to a clinic or provide financial assistance to obtain an abortion. Private citizens who bring these suits don't need to show any connection to those they are suing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law makes no exceptions for cases involving rape or incest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news has drawn intense criticism across the country. In a statement, California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was \"outraged\" at the U.S. Supreme Court's lack of action, saying that \"silently, in the dead of night, the Supreme Court has eviscerated the fundamental protection of a woman’s right to choose that Roe v. Wade has protected for the last 50 years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on for a breakdown on why the law is one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#california\">How this might affect California and other states\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What does the Texas law prohibit?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It bans abortion as soon as cardiac activity is detectable. That's around six weeks, which is before a lot of people know that they're pregnant. Other states have tried to do this, but those laws have been challenged by abortion-rights groups and blocked by federal courts again and again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How is this law different from other states' efforts?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Groups who oppose abortion rights have pushed for this Texas law, hoping that it will be harder for federal courts to knock it down. Instead of requiring public officials to enforce the law, this law allows individuals to bring civil lawsuits against abortion providers or anyone else found to \"aid or abet\" illegal abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>This law empowers individuals to enforce an abortion ban. How would that work in practice?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Anyone who successfully sues an abortion provider under this law could be awarded at least $10,000. And to prepare for that, Texas Right to Life has set up what it calls a \"whistleblower\" website where people can submit anonymous tips about anyone they believe to be violating the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These lawsuits are not against the women,\" says John Seago with Texas Right to Life. \"The lawsuits would be against the individuals making money off of the abortion, the abortion industry itself. So this is not spy on your neighbor and see if they're having an abortion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a federal lawsuit challenging this, a coalition of abortion providers and reproductive rights groups said the law \"places a bounty on people who provide or aid abortions, inviting random strangers to sue them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What does the law mean for patients and abortion providers?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Dr. Bhavik Kumar, a family medicine doctor who works for Planned Parenthood in Houston, says the law creates a lot of uncertainty for patients and providers. But Kumar insists he will comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ban, though, will likely mean a lot of questions from patients about how they can get an abortion outside of Texas, Kumar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know that there are many people who don't have the ability to make it out of state. ... The logistics and ability to do so is not an option for them,\" he said. \"So I'm really concerned about what's going to happen to people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, an OB-GYN, told NPR over the weekend that patients are apprehensive. \"They understand that the abortion that they're having this week, last week, the week before, is something that they wouldn't be able to have next week. They've been asking about it and asking, you know, 'If I were here in September, would I be able to get this?'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What does this mean for abortion laws in other states?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If the federal courts ultimately allow this law to stand, it's very likely that other conservative states will move to pass similar laws. Seago, with Texas Right to Life, said his organization is working with activists in multiple states who are eager to replicate this model if it succeeds in blocking access to most abortions in Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is still a bit untested. We're still working on what these lawsuits are going to look like if the industry decides to break the law,\" Seago said. \"So it is a new model that we're still testing out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"california\">\u003c/a>What about California?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In his statement, Gov. 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Newsom on Sept. 14 — saying that to her \"there is no question that access to abortion is on the ballot in two weeks\" and urging Californians to vote \"no\" on what she called \"the Republican-led recall attempt of Gov. Gavin Newsom.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"California’s leadership as a reproductive freedom state — and Governor Newsom’s commitment as a champion of sexual and reproductive health care — is needed now more than ever,\" said Hicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What happens next in Texas?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Multiple court challenges to the law are underway, including several lawsuits in state court in Texas targeting anti-abortion-rights groups including Texas Right to Life. Abortion-rights groups are also organizing protests and demonstrations in Texas in opposition to the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Texas Right to Life told NPR that no lawsuits against abortion providers are imminent, and abortion providers say they will comply with the law as long as it is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Carly Severn contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=What+The+Texas+Abortion+Ban+Does+%E2%80%94+And+What+It+Means+For+Other+States&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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Religious conservatives are a core element of Trump’s political coalition, and his administration has gone out of its way to deliver on their demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='medium' citation='Attorney General Xavier Becerra']‘Women’s health should never be dangled as bait for the sake of political grandstanding.’[/pullquote]The U.S. Health and Human Services Department said it is issuing a “notice of violation,” giving California 30 days to comply with a federal law known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/civilrights/understanding/ConscienceProtect/publaw111_117_123_stat_3034.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weldon amendment\u003c/a>. The law bars federal health care funding from being provided to states or entities that practice “discrimination” against a health care organization on the basis that it “does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, Roger Severino, said California is violating that restriction by requiring insurance plans to cover abortions. According to Severino, 28,000 Californians had abortion-free plans prior to the state’s requirements and have now lost that option. The federal government has received complaints from an order of nuns — the \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2019/c083232.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missionary Guadalupanas of the Holy Spirit\u003c/a> in Los Angeles — as well as Skyline Wesleyan Church near San Diego. 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Severino also didn’t specify which of many streams of federal health care funds — amounting to tens of billions of dollars — might be in jeopardy for California. That could include money for community health centers, Medicaid health insurance for low-income people and basic public health activities like educating parents about vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='abortion' label='Related Coverage']The state has become something of a familiar antagonist for the president. He has repeatedly lambasted its prominent politicians — with tweets targeting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Newsom, among others — and repeatedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11784681/no-more-trump-threatens-to-cut-funding-for-california-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatened\u003c/a> to cut off its federal relief funds for fighting wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law has long barred the use of taxpayer money to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the woman. That bipartisan consensus could change if a Democrat wins the White House in November, since the Democratic candidates have pledged to take a more assertive stance on abortion rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The HHS Civil Rights Office headed by Severino has traditionally mainly handled complaints about privacy violations. 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