What's at Stake
AB 1973 — Abortion: Authorized Procedures CFC Position: OPPOSE Under current California law, certain non-physician medical providers — including nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants — are permitted to perform abortions, but only during the first trimester of pregnancy. AB 1973 would remove that time restriction entirely, allowing these providers to perform abortions through all nine months of pregnancy, including in the second and third trimesters. This matters deeply to California families because expanding late-term abortion access — and placing it in the hands of providers who are not fully trained physicians — raises serious concerns about both the safety of women and the lives of unborn children who are fully capable of feeling pain and surviving outside the womb. California Family Council opposes this bill because it moves California further from protecting preborn life and closer to an extreme abortion-on-demand policy with virtually no limits. Every unborn child deserves protection, not an expanded pathway to end their life. AB 1973 is currently moving through the California State Legislature.
CFC Analysis
AB 1973 expands the authority of nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants to perform abortions beyond the first trimester, meaning these non-physicians will be able to kill unborn babies in the second and third trimesters as well. The bill also prevents out-of-state abortionists from facing disciplinary actions related to abortion.
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