Column: Would California’s abortion ballot measure allow late-term abortions? Its author says no
SACRAMENTO —
Based on a simple reading, Proposition 1 would seem to push California abortion law far left by allowing pregnancy termination right up until birth. Could that be correct?
No, that’s a false read, according to the legislation’s author and two law professors.
The measure on the November ballot merely cements into the state Constitution current law, they say.
But the language sure doesn’t read that way to most voters, I suspect. At least to those of us who aren’t lawyers.
It says the state cannot restrict abortion — any abortion — period.
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