WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood has provided critical reproductive health care services for 100 years to millions of women, men, and their families; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood is a critical component of California and the nations health care system, providing cancer screenings, birth control, and reproductive care to women; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthoods seven California affiliates serve nearly one million women in 115 health centers throughout our state, many of whom could not receive care elsewhere; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood has been a safe, culturally sensitive, and secure health care provider where one-in-five women in the nation have sought confidential, professional, and compassionate care; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthoods doors are open to everyone no matter his or her age, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, or immigration status; and

WHEREAS, Thousands of women and men are safe and healthy today because of the care they received at Planned Parenthood health centers throughout the nation; and

WHEREAS, Access to contraceptive care and abortion services have enabled tens of millions of women to exercise autonomy over their reproductive lives, attain educational equity, and attain economic security; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood is under attack from those who seek to overturn the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade and shut the doors of health centers providing abortion services, including Planned Parenthood; and

WHEREAS, The incoming administration has vowed to defund Planned Parenthood, appoint United States Supreme Court justices who will reverse the Roe v. Wade decision, and return millions of women to the back alleys of the past; and

WHEREAS, The California State Senate supports making sure all women have the ability to select a health care provider of their choice; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the California State Senate opposes all proposals to defund Planned Parenthood, to limit its ability to serve its clients, and to appoint judges who have a record of opposing equal health care rights for all women; and be it further

Resolved, That the California State Senate will work with stakeholders and others to ensure that our Congressional representatives understand our firm commitment to womens rights and pledge to oppose any plans to defund Planned Parenthood by the incoming administration; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood has provided critical reproductive health care services for 100 years to millions of women, men, and their families; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood is a critical component of California and the nations health care system, providing cancer screenings, birth control, and reproductive care to women; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthoods seven California affiliates serve nearly one million women in 115 health centers throughout our state, many of whom could not receive care elsewhere; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood has been a safe, culturally sensitive, and secure health care provider where one-in-five women in the nation have sought confidential, professional, and compassionate care; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthoods doors are open to everyone no matter his or her age, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, or immigration status; and

WHEREAS, Thousands of women and men are safe and healthy today because of the care they received at Planned Parenthood health centers throughout the nation; and

WHEREAS, Access to contraceptive care and abortion services have enabled tens of millions of women to exercise autonomy over their reproductive lives, attain educational equity, and attain economic security; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood is under attack from those who seek to overturn the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade and shut the doors of health centers providing abortion services, including Planned Parenthood; and

WHEREAS, The incoming administration has vowed to defund Planned Parenthood, appoint United States Supreme Court justices who will reverse the Roe v. Wade decision, and return millions of women to the back alleys of the past; and

WHEREAS, The California State Senate supports making sure all women have the ability to select a health care provider of their choice; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the California State Senate opposes all proposals to defund Planned Parenthood, to limit its ability to serve its clients, and to appoint judges who have a record of opposing equal health care rights for all women; and be it further

Resolved, That the California State Senate will work with stakeholders and others to ensure that our Congressional representatives understand our firm commitment to womens rights and pledge to oppose any plans to defund Planned Parenthood by the incoming administration; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

 THIRD READING  

Bill No: SR 9

Author: Allen (D), Atkins (D), Beall (D), Bradford (D), De León (D), Dodd (D), Galgiani (D), Glazer (D), Hernandez (D), Hertzberg (D), Hill (D), Hueso (D), Lara (D), Leyva (D), McGuire (D), Mendoza (D), Mitchell (D), Monning (D), Newman (D), Pan (D), Portantino (D), Roth (D), Skinner (D), Stern (D), Wieckowski (D), and Wiener (D)

:

Vote: Majority

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 5-2, 1/13/17

AYES: Jackson, Hertzberg, Monning, Stern, Wieckowski

NOES: Moorlach, Anderson

SUBJECT:

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST: This resolution makes findings regarding the services and impact of Planned Parenthood, a national non-profit organization providing reproductive health care services.

ANALYSIS:

1. This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
   • Planned Parenthood has provided critical reproductive services to millions of people over the past 100 years.

• Planned Parenthood is a critical component of California’s and the nation’s health care system.
• Planned Parenthood serves nearly one million women in California, many of whom could not receive care elsewhere.
• Planned Parenthood has been a safe, culturally-sensitive and secure health care provider.
• Twenty percent of women in the U.S. have sought care from Planned Parenthood.
• People may access Planned Parenthood’s services regardless of age, gender, race, religion, or immigration status.
• Thousands of people in the U.S. are safe and healthy today because of Planned Parenthood’s services.
• Access to contraceptive care and abortion services have enabled tens of millions of women to exercise autonomy over their reproductive lives, attain educational equity, and achieve economic security.
• Planned Parenthood is under attack from those seeking legal and de facto restrictions on access to abortion services.
• Representatives of the incoming administration have explicitly expressed their intent, upon taking office, to try to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
• The President-Elect and representatives of his incoming administration have stated that they intend to fill the current U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and any future vacancies with justices who will reverse the Roe v. Wade decision.
• Reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision would force millions of women wishing to terminate their pregnancies to resort to unsafe, clandestine abortion procedures.
• All women should have the ability to select a health care provider of their choice.

1. This resolution:
   • Opposes all proposals to defund Planned Parenthood or to otherwise limit Planned Parenthood’s ability to serve its clients.
   • Opposes the appointment of judges who have a record of opposing health care rights for all women.
   • Commits to ensure that California’s Congressional delegation pledges to oppose any plan to defund Planned Parenthood and that the delegation understands the California Senate’s firm support for women’s rights.

Background

Planned Parenthood is a national, non-profit organization that has provided health and reproductive care services since 1916. It currently reports operating 650 health centers nationwide, including 115 in California. (See Planned Parenthood at a Glance <https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-at-a-glance [as of Jan. 9, 2017].)

According to Planned Parenthood’s most recent Annual Report, from October 2014 through September 2015, its affiliated health centers provided 9,455,582 discrete clinical services. (Planned Parenthood Federation Action Fund 2014-2015 Annual Report <https://issuu.com/actionfund/docs/2014-2015_annual_report_final_20mb [as of Jan. 9, 2016] at p. 30.) Of these: 45 percent were for sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment; 31 percent were for contraception; 13 percent involved other women’s health matters; 7 percent were cancer screenings; 3 percent were abortion services; and one percent was for other, undefined services. (Id. at p. 29.)

Access to reproductive health care generally, and abortion services particularly, have been the subject of controversy in federal policymaking for many years. Because Planned Parenthood provides services of this kind, its federal funding has been one key focus of this debate.

According to Planned Parenthood, about 43 percent of its national operating budget comes from government sources, amounting to roughly $554 million per year. (Planned Parenthood Federation Action Fund 2014-2015 Annual Report at pg. 33 available at <https://issuu.com/actionfund/docs/2014-2015_annual_report_final_20mb [as of Jan. 9, 2016].) This money comes from two sources: reimbursements under the Medicaid program and Title X Family Planning grants. (Id.)

By law, Title X grant funds may not be spent on abortion services. (42 U.S.C. 300a6.) Similarly, since 1976, Congress has regularly attached the so-called “Hyde Amendment” to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appropriations bill. (See Salginicoff, Rosenzweig & Sobel, The Hyde Amendment and Coverage for Abortion Services (Sep. 30, 2016) The Kaiser Family Foundation <http://kff.org/womens-health-policy/perspective/the-hyde-amendment-and-coverage-for-abortion-services [as of Jan. 9, 2017].) The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal Medicaid spending on abortion services except, under the current versions of the law, for instances of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life. (Id.)

For some critics of Planned Parenthood, these existing limitations on federal funding are not sufficient. They have long called for the federal government to “defund” Planned Parenthood by making the organization ineligible for Title X grants and Medicaid reimbursements even for non-abortion services provided. In the wake of the November 2016 national elections, Congressional Republican leaders and some members of the incoming administration have renewed that call.

President-Elect Trump’s pre-election statements, while acknowledging much of Planned Parenthood’s services, made clear that he favors “defunding” it. For example, at the February 26, 2016, Republican primary debate, he said about Planned Parenthood: “I would defund it because of the abortion factor, which they say is three percent. I don’t know what percentage it is. They say it’s three percent. But I would defund it, because I’m pro-life.”(2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican Debate Transcript (Feb. 25, 2016) <http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/

1602/25/se.01.html [as of Jan. 9, 2017].)

Strong proponents of defunding Planned Parenthood are also among the key figures President-Elect Trump has selected for his administration. As a Congressman, Vice President-Elect Mike Pence was the first to introduce legislation to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood and attempted to shut down the federal government over the issue. (Zezima, There’s a Reason Many Antiabortion Leaders Support Trump: His Running Mate (Oct. 1, 2016) The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ theres-a-reason-many-antiabortion-leaders-support-trump-his-running-mate/2016/10/01/f6e4d5f8-8673-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?tid= a_inl&utm_term=.5f316e84d278 [as of Jan. 9, 2017].) Congressman Tom Price, President-Elect Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, introduced legislation in 2015 that would have made Planned Parenthood a “prohibited entity,” unable to obtain reimbursements for any services provided to patients covered by Medicaid. (H.R. 3762, 114th Cong., 2d Sess. Sec. 206 (2015).)

Finally, on January 5, 2017, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that House Republicans would include a provision to “defund” Planned Parenthood in upcoming legislation primarily intended to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.”(Ryan: GOP to ‘Defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal (Jan 5, 2017) Associated Press < http://www.foxnews.com/

politics/2017/01/05/ryan-gop-to-defund-planned-parenthood-in-obamacare-repeal.html [as of Jan. 9, 2017].)

In response, this resolution makes a series of findings about the positive impact of Planned Parenthood’s services and sets forth the California Senate’s strong opposition to any proposal to defund the organization.

Comments

The author writes the following:

In the 2016 national election, the Democratic Party Platform included repealing the Hyde Amendment and stated “[w]e will continue to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.” The Republican Party Platform included language that would have permanently codified the Hyde Amendment and banned all public funding to Planned Parenthood. Despite the fact that the Republican nominee running on that platform lost the popular vote by around 2.9 million votes or 2.1 percent nationally, and by 4.3 million votes or 30.1 percent in California, the incoming administration apparently feels emboldened to pursue its agenda of defunding Planned Parenthood nonetheless.

More than ever, therefore, it is incumbent upon California to voice its strong support of Planned Parenthood. This resolution recognizes the importance of Planned Parenthood as one of California’s largest providers of women’s preventive and reproductive health care services, operating 115 community-based health centers across the state, which provide more than 1.6 million patient visits a year.

A sudden defunding of Planned Parenthood’s health centers by federal or state governments would put patients across California, particularly members of underserved communities, at a significant disadvantage relating to their general health care because Planned Parenthood is often the only source of health care services for so many Californians.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 1/13/17)

American Civil Liberties Union of California

American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

Essential Access Health

Health Access California

Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California

OPPOSITION: (Verified 1/13/17)

None received

ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California writes that if the federal government defunds Planned Parenthood, “this would mean the loss of critical preventive and reproductive health services for more than 800,000 California women and men each year.”

More specifically, based on its 2015 data, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California states that the following are among the annual health care services at risk:

• contraception to nearly 631,000 patients;
• nearly 307,000 emergency contraception kits;
• one million pregnancy tests;
• 96,000 cervical cancer screenings;
• more than 75,000 breast exams;
• 1.5 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections; and
• sexual health education programs reaching 207,000 Californians.

The American Civil Liberties Union of California points out that many of these services are preventative in nature, resulting in fiscal savings for the state. It writes that “Planned Parenthood is dedicated to prevention: 80 percent of its patients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancies, which annually prevents approximately 579,000 unintended pregnancies. This results in significant cost-savings to the state. In California in 2010, $1.8 billion was spent on unintended pregnancies: $1.062 million paid by the federal government and $689.3 million paid by the state.” (Citing Planned Parenthood at a Glance <https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-at-a-glance [as of Jan. 10, 2017]; Sonfield A and Kost K, Public Costs from Unintended Pregnancies and the Role of Public Insurance Programs in Paying for Pregnancy-Related Care: National and State Estimates for 2010, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2015, <https:www.guttmacher.org/report/public-costs-unintended-pregnancies-and-role-public-insurance-programs-paying-pregnancy [as of Jan. 10, 2017].)

Prepared by:

1/13/17 15:38:42

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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Chair

2017-2018 Regular Session

Bill No: SR 9 (Author:Jackson)

Version: December 5, 2016

Hearing Date: January 13, 2017

Fiscal: No

Urgency: No

Consultant: TG

SUBJECT

Planned Parenthood

DESCRIPTION

This resolution would make findings regarding: (1) the services and impact of Planned Parenthood, a national non-profit organization; (2) the significance of access to reproductive care and abortion services on the lives of women generally; and (3) the existence and motivations behind current federal-level proposals to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. This resolution would declare the California Senate’s opposition to such proposals and to the appointment of judges who have a record of opposing health rights for all women. Finally, this resolution would declare the California Senate’s commitment to ensuring that California’s Congressional delegation pledges to oppose any plan to defund Planned Parenthood and that the delegation understands the California Senate’s support for women’s rights.

BACKGROUND

Planned Parenthood is a national, non-profit organization that has provided health and reproductive care services since 1916. It currently reports operating 650 health centers nationwide, including 115 in California. (See Planned Parenthood at a Glance <https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-at-a-glance> [as of Jan. 9, 2017].)

According to Planned Parenthood’s most recent Annual Report, from October 2014 through September 2014, its affiliated health centers provided 9,455,582 discrete clinical services. (Planned Parenthood Federation Action Fund 2014-2015 Annual Report <https://issuu.com/actionfund/docs/2014-2015_annual_report_final_20mb> [as of Jan. 9, 2016] at p. 30.) Of these: 45 percent were for sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment; 31 percent were for contraception; 13 percent involved other women’s health matters; 7 percent were cancer screenings; 3 percent were abortion services; and one percent was for other, undefined services. (Id. at p. 29.)

Access to reproductive health care generally, and abortion services particularly, have been the subject of controversy in federal policymaking for many years. Because Planned Parenthood provides services of this kind, its federal funding has been one key focus of this debate.

According to Planned Parenthood, about 43 percent of its national operating budget comes from government sources, amounting to roughly $554 million per year. (Planned Parenthood Federation Action Fund 2014-2015 Annual Report at pg. 33 available at <https://issuu.com/actionfund/docs/2014-2015_annual_report_final_20mb> [as of Jan. 9, 2016].) This money comes from two sources: reimbursements under the Medicaid program and Title X Family Planning grants. (Id.)

By law, Title X grant funds may not be spent on abortion services. (42 U.S.C. 300a6.) Similarly, since 1976, Congress has regularly attached the so-called “Hyde Amendment” to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appropriations bill. (See Salginicoff, Rosenzweig & Sobel, The Hyde Amendment and Coverage for Abortion Services (Sep. 30, 2016) The Kaiser Family Foundation <http://kff.org/womens-health-policy/perspective/the-hyde-amendment-and-coverage-for-abortion-services> [as of Jan. 9, 2017].) The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal Medicaid spending on abortion services except, under the current versions of the law, for instances of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life. (Id.)

For some critics of Planned Parenthood, these existing limitations on federal funding are not sufficient. They have long called for the federal government to “defund” Planned Parenthood by making the organization ineligible for Title X grants and Medicaid reimbursements even for non-abortion services provided. In the wake of the November 2016 national elections, Congressional Republican leaders and some members of the incoming administration have renewed that call.

President-Elect Trump’s pre-election statements, while acknowledging much of Planned Parenthood’s services, made clear that he favors “defunding” it. For example, at the February 26, 2016, Republican primary debate, he said about Planned Parenthood: “I would defund it because of the abortion factor, which they say is three percent. I don’t know what percentage it is. They say it’s three percent. But I would defund it, because I’m pro-life.”(2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican Debate Transcript (Feb. 25, 2016) <http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1602/25/se.01.html> [as of Jan. 9, 2017].)

Strong proponents of defunding Planned Parenthood are also among the key figures President-Elect Trump has selected for his administration. As a Congressman, Vice President-Elect Mike Pence was the first to introduce legislation to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood and attempted to shut down the federal government over the issue. (Zezima, There’s a Reason Many Antiabortion Leaders Support Trump: His Running Mate (Oct. 1, 2016) The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ theres-a-reason-many-antiabortion-leaders-support-trump-his-running-mate/2016/10/01/f6e4d5f8-8673-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?tid= a_inl&utm_term=.5f316e84d278> [as of Jan. 9, 2017].) Congressman Tom Price, President-Elect Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, introduced legislation in 2015 that would have made Planned Parenthood a “prohibited entity,” unable to obtain reimbursements for any services provided to patients covered by Medicaid. (H.R. 3762, 114th Cong., 2d Sess. Sec. 206 (2015).)

Finally, on January 5, 2017, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that House Republicans would include a provision to “defund” Planned Parenthood in upcoming legislation primarily intended to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.”(Ryan: GOP to ‘Defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare Repeal (Jan 5, 2017) Associated Press < http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/ryan-gop-to-defund-planned-parenthood-in-obamacare-repeal.html> [as of Jan. 9, 2017].)

In response, this resolution would make a series of findings about the positive impact of Planned Parenthood’s services and set forth the California Senate’s strong opposition to any proposal to defund the organization.

CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW

This resolution would make findings that:

• Planned Parenthood has provided critical reproductive services to millions of people over the past 100 years;
• Planned Parenthood is a critical component of California’s and the nation’s health care system;
• Planned Parenthood serves nearly one million women in California, many of whom could not receive care elsewhere;
• Planned Parenthood has been a safe, culturally-sensitive and secure health care provider;
• 20 percent of women in the U.S. have sought care from Planned Parenthood;
• people may access Planned Parenthood’s services regardless of age, gender, race, religion, or immigration status;
• thousands of people in the U.S. are safe and healthy today because of Planned Parenthood’s services;
• access to contraceptive care and abortion services have enabled tens of millions of women to exercise autonomy over their reproductive lives, attain educational equity, and achieve economic security;
• Planned Parenthood is under attack from those seeking legal and de facto restrictions on access to abortion services;
• representatives of the incoming administration have explicitly expressed their intent, upon taking office, to try to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood;
• the President-Elect and representatives of his incoming administration have stated that they intend to fill the current U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and any future vacancies with justices who will reverse the Roe v. Wade decision;
• reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision would force millions of women wishing to terminate their pregnancies to resort to unsafe, clandestine abortion procedures; and
• all women should have the ability to select a health care provider of their choice.

This resolution would declare the California Senate’s:

• opposition to all proposals to defund Planned Parenthood or to otherwise limit Planned Parenthood’s ability to serve its clients;
• opposition to the appointment of judges who have a record of opposing health care rights for all women; and
• commitment to ensure that California’s Congressional delegation pledges to oppose any plan to defund Planned Parenthood and that the delegation understands the California Senate’s firm support for women’s rights.

COMMENT

1. Stated need for the bill

According to the author:

In the 2016 national election, the Democratic Party Platform included repealing the Hyde Amendment and stated “[w]e will continue to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.” The Republican Party Platform included language that would have permanently codified the Hyde Amendment and banned all public funding to Planned Parenthood. Despite the fact that the Republican nominee running on that platform lost the popular vote by around 2.9 million votes or 2.1 percent nationally, and by 4.3 million votes or 30.1 percent in California, the incoming administration apparently feels emboldened to pursue its agenda of defunding Planned Parenthood nonetheless.

More than ever, therefore, it is incumbent upon California to voice its strong support of Planned Parenthood. This resolution recognizes the importance of Planned Parenthood as one of California’s largest providers of women’s preventive and reproductive health care services, operating 115 community-based health centers across the state, which provide more than 1.6 million patient visits a year.

A sudden defunding of Planned Parenthood’s health centers by federal or state governments would put patients across California, particularly members of underserved communities, at a significant disadvantage relating to their general health care because Planned Parenthood is often the only source of health care services for so many Californians.

In support, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California writes that if the federal government defunds Planned Parenthood, “this would mean the loss of critical preventive and reproductive health services for more than 800,000 California women and men each year.”

More specifically, based on its 2015 data, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California states that the following are among the annual health care services at risk:

• contraception to nearly 631,000 patients;
• nearly 307,000 emergency contraception kits;
• one million pregnancy tests;
• 96,000 cervical cancer screenings;
• more than 75,000 breast exams;
• 1.5 million tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections; and
• sexual health education programs reaching 207,000 Californians.

The American Civil Liberties Union of California points out that many of these services are preventative in nature, resulting in fiscal savings for the state. It writes that “Planned Parenthood is dedicated to prevention: 80 percent of its patients receive services to prevent unintended pregnancies, which annually prevents approximately 579,000 unintended pregnancies. This results in significant cost-savings to the state. In California in 2010, $1.8 billion was spent on unintended pregnancies: $1.062 million paid by the federal government and $689.3 million paid by the state.” (Citing Planned Parenthood at a Glance <https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-at-a-glance> [as of Jan. 10, 2017]; Sonfield A and Kost K, Public Costs from Unintended Pregnancies and the Role of Public Insurance Programs in Paying for Pregnancy-Related Care: National and State Estimates for 2010, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2015, <https:www.guttmacher.org/report/public-costs-unintended-pregnancies-and-role-public-insurance-programs-paying-pregnancy> [as of Jan. 10, 2017].)

Support: American Civil Liberties Union of California; Essential Access Health; Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California

Opposition: None Known

HISTORY

Source: Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California

Related Pending Legislation: SR 12 (Atkins, 2017) would make similar California Senate findings regarding the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade establishing the constitutional right for a woman to control her own reproductive decisions. SR 12 would also urge the U.S. President and Congress to express their support for that right, as well as for access to comprehensive reproductive care, including the services provided by Planned Parenthood.

Prior Legislation:

HR 32 (Atkins, 2016) was substantially similar to SR 12.

SJR 19 (Jackson, 2016, Res. Ch. 52, Stats. 2016) was substantially similar to SR 12.

SR 55 (Jackson, 2014) urged the U.S. Senate to reconsider and approve SB 2578, the “Not My Boss’s Business Act,” which sought to prevent employers from denying coverage of contraceptives regardless of their religious views.

SR 10 (Jackson, 2013) recognized, on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the critical importance of continued access to safe and legal abortion. SR 10 also made a series of California Senate findings regarding the effect of Roe v. Wade on the ability of women to exercise their full rights under federal and state law. Finally, SR 10 urged the U.S. President and Congress to protect and uphold the intent and substance of Roe v. Wade’s holding.

SJR 19 (Alquist, Figueroa, Kehoe, 2005) was substantially similar to SR 10. SJR 19 was referred to this Committee but not set for hearing.

AJR 3 (Cohn, Karnett, Res. Ch. 83, Stats. 2005) was nearly identical to SJR 19 (Alquist, Figueroa, Kehoe, 2005).

AJR 57 (Jackson, Res. Ch. 50, Stats. 2004) was nearly identical to AJR 3.

AJR 2 (Jackson, Res. Ch. 63, Stats. 2003) was nearly identical to AJR 57.

SJR 3 (Karnette, Res. Ch. 112, Stats. 2001) was substantially similar to AJR 2.

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