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And this year, backed by the Future of Abortion Council and Legislative Women’s Caucus, lawmakers are advancing a package of Here’s how its abortion policies compare to the rest of the country, based on a 12-point scale developed by The Guttmacher Institute.in 1968 but sought independent status roughly 10 years later and stopped taking financial contributions from Planned Parenthood more than a decade ago. Here are the 12 criteria for assessing state abortion policies:.
It's up to a physician's"good faith medical judgement" — in practicality, most doctors consider a fetus viable at 24 weeks or once a fetus weighs 500 grams.Yes, individual medical professionals can, but someone seeking an abortion may request another provider.Do minors require parental consent to get an abortion?In the years immediately following Roe v.
Approximately 78% of Californians live in a census tract without a clinic — not necessarily an obstacle in dense cities where several census tracts are only a short drive or bus ride away, but potentially insurmountable for those living in remote rural areas where census tracts can span several counties.