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Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom recognized the Roe v. Wade decision and emphasized California's commitment to preserving access to reproductive health care.
It didn't take long for abortion to re-emerge as a flashpoint in state legislatures.
With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a "sanctuary" for those seeking reproductive care, including possibly paying for travel, lodging and procedures for people from other states.
After a long decline abortions in the U.S. appear to be inching up, though officials are cautious about calling it an upward trend because a government report issued November 24 is incomplete.
The Trump administration on Friday threatened California with a potential loss of federal health care funds over the state's requirement that insurance plans cover abortions.
One of the largest studies about women's emotions after an abortion finds most feel relieved and don't regret their choice, even if they struggled beforehand or worried about stigma.
California is among the states with the fewest online requests for abortion medications.
All California State University and University of California campuses must offer medication abortions at student health centers by January 1, 2023.
California will be the first state to require abortion medication on college campuses under a new law signed Friday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
It is now up to Governor Gavin Newsom to decide if all of the University of California and California State University campuses offer medication abortions to students looking to abort a fetus. His predecessor, Governor Jerry Brown, vetoed a similar bill last session.
Despite cost concerns, the proposal to require all University of California and California State University campuses to offer medicated abortions at all university student health centers advanced and now goes to the full Assembly for a vote.
Governor Gavin Newsom took a step Friday to support women's rights to have an abortion and even indicated women can come to California to have one if they want.
California's proposal to require all University of California and California State University to offer medicated abortions at all university student health centers would be funded using grant money and private donations, not General Fund money or student fees; however, both systems are concerned about the costs and how the programs would be funded in the future.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Monday that the Democratic-led state will file a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Health and Human Services Department's new family planning rule.
Two months after Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill requiring all University of California and California State University schools to offer medicated abortions on campus, the lawmaker who authored the original bill is trying again to get it approved.
Abortion rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest level in 10 years, according to a report released Wednesday.
Signaling a new chapter in the battle over abortion access in the United States, a European organization has stepped into the fray, providing Americans a way to get doctor-prescribed pills by mail to medically induce abortions at home.
The University of California and California State University schools will not be required to offer medication abortions on campus.
The California Assembly has voted to require all public universities to offer medication abortions at their campus health centers.
Voters overwhelmingly agree with the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
The Supreme Court says a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion probably violates the Constitution.
A requirement that all California State University and University of California campuses offer medication abortions is getting closer to passing the Legislature.
Irish voters cleared the way for abortions to be legal in their country for the first time by repealing a constitutional ban on the procedure.
Organizers say the walkout will begin at 10 a.m. Students plan to walk out of class for 17 minutes.
Pope Francis rebukes narrow-minded Catholics and warns the world about the devil in a new document about modern holiness unveiled Monday by the Vatican.
