Gov. Newsom signs laws allowing minors to hide abortions, transgender procedures from parents by Ashley Sadler for Life Site News
‘It’s deeply concerning that the Legislature and the governor continue to usurp parental authority,” said California Family Council President Jonathan Keller.
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two radical new pro-abortion bills Wednesday, dramatically extending abortion safeguards in California in direct response to Texas’ recent sweeping ban on nearly all abortions.
“California has been a leader in protecting access to sexual and reproductive rights, but as we’ve seen recently with unprecedented attacks on these rights, we can and must do more,” Newsom said in a statement.
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One of the bills will make it easier for minors in California to hide abortions and transgender procedures from their parents.
The second bill will slap new restrictions and penalties on pro-life activists in the Golden State who engage in protests outside abortion clinics.
Newsom signed the bills, Assembly Bill 1184 and Assembly Bill 1356, during a virtual press conference September 22.
Making oblique reference to Texas’ life-saving Heartbeat Act which bans most abortions in the Lone Star State, Newsom said “these are dark days,” and promised to make sure California is a “reproductive freedom state.”
Newsom delivered on his promise to further enshrine abortion “rights” in California with the two bills signed Wednesday.
One of the bills, A.B. 1184, effectively allows anyone still on their parents’ health insurance, including children, teenagers, and young adults up to age 26, to conceal “sensitive” medical procedures including abortions, puberty-blockers, and cross-sex hormones, from parents or guardians, CBN News reported.
The bill was authored by Democrat state Assemblyman David Chiu of San Francisco, and sponsored by Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.
CBN News reported that under existing California law, minors age 12 and over can already legally give consent to all such services under certain conditions, and minors can obtain abortions regardless of age.
