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Yes. Abortion is legal in California. However, abortion is restricted in California and other states. Right now, abortion is legal in California until "viability," which is the stage of pregnancy when a fetus has developed enough that it is able to survive outside the uterus with medical help.
Fundamental right in the State Constitution of California. Individuals can obtain an abortion in California, regardless of their age, immigration status, or whether they live inside or outside the state.
As an effect of the unanimity of the states in holding unborn children to be persons under criminal, tort, and property law, the text of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment compels federal protection of unborn persons.
In the November 2024 election, a record-breaking 10 US states featured ballot measures that would enshrine abortion rights, and in some cases other reproductive rights, in the state constitution, and one state also featured an anti-abortion measure.
In surgical or in-clinic abortion, you have a time of 24 weeks (or later in a few cases).
The ballot measure was approved by 66.25% of voters. “The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives.
The state's highest court recognized abortion rights under the California Constitution in 1969, four years before Roe. State law protects the right to personal reproductive decisions. In November 2022, Californians approved Prop 1, which explicitly adds abortion and contraception rights to the state constitution. CAL.
The California Supreme Court has recognized a right to abortion and voters explicitly enshrined abortion protections in the state Constitution in 2022. State law protects abortion and shields patients and providers from laws in other states. Voters enshrined abortion protections in the state Constitution in 2024.
A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.