Opponents of California’s abortion rights measure mislead on expense to taxpayers. There will be no direct fiscal impact to the state. Out-of-state residents don’t qualify for state-subsidized health programs.
An argument made in the voter guide against the constitutional amendment is that it would allow all late-term abortions"
even when the mother’s life is not in danger, even when the healthy baby could survive outside the wombBecause the proposition says the state can’t interfere with the right to abortion, opponents argue that current law restricting most abortions after viability will become unconstitutional. They contend that without restrictions, California will draw thousands, possibly millions, of women in late-term pregnancy., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Constitutional language is always broad, and laws and regulations can add restrictions to those rights. For example, she said, the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment grants the right to bear arms, but laws and regulations restrict children from purchasing guns.But current law was written and interpreted under California’s current constitution, which doesn’t have an explicit right to abortion, said Tom Campbell, a former legislator who now teaches law at Chapman University.
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