California guarantees the right to abortion in statute and the state constitution. It covers the cost of abortion for lower-income Californians on Medi-Cal, and also requires private insurance to cover it. And the state has rejected waiting periods or parental consent for abortion.

Here’s how its abortion policies compare to the rest of the country, based on a scale developed by The Guttmacher Institute.

Note: The Guttmacher Institute was established as part of Planned Parenthood in 1968 but sought independent status roughly 10 years later and stopped taking financial contributions from Planned Parenthood more than a decade ago.

Their methodology considers abortion restrictions such as gestational duration bans, waiting periods, insurance coverage bans and medication abortion restrictions. They also look at protective policies including state constitutional protections, abortion funding, insurance coverage for abortion, and protections for patients and clinic staff.