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The statement read in part, "California will continue to uphold women's equality and liberty by protecting their reproductive freedom, educating Californians about their rights to reproductive freedom, welcoming women to California to fully exercise their reproductive rights, and acting as a model for other states that want to ensure full ...
Proposition 1, titled Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom and initially known as Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 (SCA 10), was a California ballot proposition and state constitutional amendment that was voted on in the 2022 general election on November 8.
California does not require a minor to notify a parent or guardian in order to obtain an abortion. [16] In November 2022, California voters passed Proposition 1, enshrining women's reproductive rights, including the right to legal abortion and contraception, in the state constitution. [28]
State lawmakers approved a measure Monday that will ask California voters in November whether to enshrine abortion and contraceptives rights in the state Constitution.
Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 would, if approved by voters, further codify the state's already progressive reproductive rights.
The amendment adds protection to reproductive rights in California but would not likely withstand passage of a national abortion ban.
However, multiple human rights documents and declarations specifically proclaim reproductive rights of women, including the ability to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions regarding family planning, including: the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948), [41] The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against ...
Thus, the standard California FEHA discrimination complaint form now includes an option for "denied the right to wear pants". [87] 1961. Hoyt v. Florida is an appeal by Gwendolyn Hoyt, who had killed her husband and received a jail sentence for second degree murder. Although she had suffered mental and physical abuse in her marriage, and showed ...