California Democrats are proposing amendments to the state’s constitution seeking to codify abortion as a constitutional right for its citizens, a countermove predicated on the expectation that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. One of the proposed amendments would explicitly ban the state from denying or…

SACRAMENTO—California’s Democratic lawmakers announced this week their intent to expand abortion access across the state by classifying it as a “fundamental right” through an amendment in the state constitution. According to the bill text, the amendment would “prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which…

SACRAMENTO—California’s Democratic lawmakers announced this week their intent to expand abortion access across the state by classifying it as a “fundamental right” through an amendment in the state constitution. According to the bill text, the amendment would “prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which…