LOS ANGELES—Amid news the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on May 3 threw its support behind a proposed pilot project aimed at making the county a “safe haven” for women seeking abortions, regardless of residency.
The county Board of Supervisors on May 3 voted unanimously in support of Senate Bill 1245, which would establish a “reproductive health-care pilot project in the county … to safeguard patient access to abortions, regardless of residency,” according to the motion by Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Sheila Kuehl.
The motion specifically calls on the county’s lobbyists in Sacramento to advocate in support of the legislation—contingent on the state allocating funds to support the program and a one-time budget request of $20 million for the pilot project.
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