Abortion

WhatMatters

Abortion, guns, crime collide in California politics

Policies over abortion, guns and crime are colliding in California as the state intensifies its battle with Texas and the Supreme Court.

By

Emily Hoeven

• February 22, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the press during a visit to Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Alameda on March 16, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

WhatMatters

Newsom fights Texas abortion law with assault rifle ban

Give to CalMatters today and your gift will be doubled! Your support helps keep our nonprofit journalism free and accessible to all Californians. Donate now. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That appears to be Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy for counteracting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday decision to let stand Texas’ ban on abortions […]

By

Emily Hoeven

• December 13, 2021

People rally in support of abortion rights at the state Capitol in Sacramento on May 21, 2019. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

WhatMatters

Newsom: California should be a ‘sanctuary,’ helping out-of-state patients seeking abortion

Give to CalMatters today and your gift will be doubled! Your support helps keep our nonprofit journalism free and accessible to all Californians. Donate now. Hundreds of thousands of women seeking abortions could soon flood into California, and the state should maximize access for both in-state and out-of-state patients by helping cover the cost of […]

By

Emily Hoeven

• December 9, 2021

Commentary

Texas is no model for California

Its power system was a disaster last winter, and its policies on health care and abortion are contrary to what many Americans want.

By

Guest Commentary

• October 22, 2021

Commentary

Abortion access in California is under greater threat than we think

Here’s what will be lost if Roe v. Wade is overturned in a case being heard before the Supreme Court this fall.

By

Guest Commentary

• September 9, 2021

WhatMatters

Evan Low’s fundraising + The shifting 9th Circuit’s abortion ruling + Hard living in Salinas

Assemblyman's fundraising scrutinized by state watchdog. Family-planning ruling hits low-income women hardest. Trump judges begin to leave their mark.

By

Dan Morain

• February 25, 2020

WhatMatters

Senate to focus on power shutdowns, as fire weather returns

Senate to scrutinize power shutdowns. Lack of emergency-evacuation system hinders fire victims. State to shun some carmakers.

By

Dan Morain

• November 18, 2019

WhatMatters

How a Democratic effort to ensure abortion rights backfired, and a sharp rise in illegal pot seizures

Abortion rights law backfires. Seizures of illegal marijuana grows spike. Surgeon general finds common thread among mass shooters.

By

Dan Morain

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Elizabeth Castillo

• November 5, 2019

David Daleiden walks outside of a courtroom in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Planned Parenthood has made an unusual legal demand to join California's criminal prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with invasion of privacy for secretly making videos as they tried to buy fetal material from the organization.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Politics

How an abortion rights law ended up bankrolling anti-abortion forces in CA

California lawmakers knew Assemblyman David Chiu's reproductive FACT Act had constitutional issues, but passed the NARAL-sponsored bill anyway. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned it, and the settlements in NIFLA v. Becerra have been a windfall for conservatives fighting reproductive rights here and nationally.

By

Dan Morain

• November 4, 2019

A homeless man sits on the sidewalk across from LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles.

WhatMatters

A look at who’s homeless and why, family-planning funding in the time of Trump, and Tom Steyer takes his shot

Homelessness hits African-Americans hard. Christian group receives federal funds to preach abstinence. Tom Steyer takes shot at White House.

By

Dan Morain

• October 7, 2019