California Lawmakers Seeks to Buck Anti-Abortion Trend
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A California lawmaker, bucking a trend in other states to restrict abortion, has proposed to broaden access by permitting nurse-midwives and others to perform procedures now done only by doctors.
The measure by Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, a San Diego Democrat, would allow abortions by midwives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Atkins said the bill is aimed at women in counties without abortion providers. The proposal goes before the Assembly Health Committee today.