2022 California Proposition 1 ( Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom)

Proposition 1, titled Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom and initially known as Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 (SCA 10), is a California ballot proposition and state constitutional amendment that will be voted upon in the general election on November 8, 2022. If passed, the proposition will amend the Constitution of California to explicitly grant the right to an abortion and contraceptives. The decision to codify abortion rights in the state constitution was precipitated by Politico's publishing of a leaked draft opinion showing the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, reversing judicial precedent that previously held that the US constitution protected the right to an abortion.

As a joint effort by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro tempore Toni Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, the constitutional amendment passed in the California State Senate in a 29–8 vote on June 20, 2022, and 58–17 in the California State Assembly on June 27, ahead of a June 30 deadline to have the amendment voted upon in November 2022. On July 1, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber formally designated the amendment as Proposition 1, making the proposed constitutional amendment the first abortion-related ballot measure in California since Proposition 4 in 2008, a rejected initiative that would have imposed a waiting period on abortions and parental notification in the case of minors.

Polling on Proposition 1 consistently shows the ballot measure passing by a wide margin, ranging from two-thirds to three-quarters of California voters supporting the proposition. The ballot measure derives most of its support from the California Democratic Party, feminists, medical professional organizations, labor, and newspaper editorial boards saying that the amendment would codify existing law and protect Californians from restrictive abortion policies. The opposition to Proposition 1 comes from the California Republican Party, Christian organizations, and anti-abortion groups arguing that the ballot measure would legalize late-term abortion.

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Ryderbike

First time in history American women have less rights than their grandmothers did. Thank the radicalized extremists for that.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Ryderbike Pretty shocking, when broken down like that. 🙁

missyann · 56-60

Does this make it ok ? A wrong does not become right Just because it is accepted by the majority

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bijouxbroussard · F

@missyann That sounds like an issue about one doctor. But as I’ve said, right-wing politicians (mostly men, who have never been, and will never be pregnant) are making laws that will be imposed in all situations, over the objections of patient and doctor.
I’m saying that it needs to be the woman’s choice. Between herself and the doctor she trusts. People and politicians she doesn’t even know shouldn’t even be involved.

I’m old enough to remember how things were before Roe v. Wade, and women certainly sought abortions. Girls with families who could afford it, sent them elsewhere or had private physicians "take care of things". Everyone else had a friend who “knew somebody"; someone who’d dropped out of medical school, for example. Girls and women died, or their lives were ruined.
I had a close family member who committed suicide because she didn’t want to have a baby at age 12.

I hate the idea of going back to those days, but in some states we will. And states like Texas want to overreach and dictate what their women can do in states where the right to choose is still legal. It’s outrageous.

missyann · 56-60

@bijouxbroussard First of I am sorry about your cousin. That must have been horrible. A 12 year old who was pregnant that felt that suicide was the only solution. I have never had anyone close to me have to go through a pregnancy that young or a suicide. If I had, I might have a different stance on abortion. I have worked with a 13 yr old but the stigma today isn't what it was 50 or 60 yrs ago.

I named this Dr Hern because he is the loudest with his pride of performing no excuse late term abortions. There are more that I can name if you want me too. Doctor have done this to themselves by abusing the life saving excuses. Both democrats and republicans abuse rights. Everyone keeps pushing the line further and further. The more that is given, the more we all think we're entitled too. There is no meeting in the middle. Its ALL or its war

What situations can politicians make decision ? We elect them to make.laws for us. You may not vote for or like every politicians or their convictions but there can't be 2 different set of laws for people in 1 country or for different genders, races ,sexual orientation and religions. This is the only thing that women don't want a mans opinion on. Why was it ok in 1973 when 7 mens opinion and ruling was in favor of abortions ? Not all women were in favor of that. It can be said " What right does a man have to say that abortion SHOULD be a right.? They don't have a womans body. They're not the ones missing out on the joy of giving birth " The " man " excuse works both ways

If we can actually watch a life in the stages of development from conception to birth develop on an ultrasound. This means life to me

bijouxbroussard · F

@missyann In the last polls 65% of people in the U.S. supported choice. At minimum, a majority support access to abortion in cases of rape and forced incest. The family member I mentioned was the victim of assault by a 45 year old "family friend". The law then, like the new laws in some states now, didn’t allow for abortion even in that situation.

The excuse of "states rights" has been largely a joke, historically, from the fugitive slave acts that allowed owners to send agents into non-slave states to snatch people, to laws in states like Texas, which try to punish women for going to states where abortion is still legal to exercise their reproductive rights.

Grateful4you · M

I have ONE personal law.

No one has the right to impose their will upon another without a persons informed consent. ( There are of course obvious exceptions such as being under immediate threat of being attacked)

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