As you may recall, late in 2022 Life Legal sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta and various state agencies to challenge the constitutionality of the “Abortion Accessibility Act” (SB 245) that prohibits co-pays and out-of-pocket expenses for abortion. We argued that this constitutes impermissible discrimination against women who want to carry their babies to term or who need care and treatment for a miscarriage.
We haven’t won our lawsuit – yet – but we are one step closer. The state filed a motion asking the court to grant summary judgment in its favor, which would have been the end of the road for our claims, The judge denied the motion and we are going to trial!
By favoring abortion over continued pregnancy and childbirth, the law creates perverse financial incentives for women to abort their children. The sponsors of SB 245 insist that, “each person deserves the right to decide if, when, and how they grow their family regardless of income and without stigma and shame.” However, the law clearly provides financial advantages for killing yet unborn family members and penalizes women who actually decide to grow their families.
Not surprisingly, the abortion cartel – led by child-killing lobbyists Planned Parenthood and NARAL – threw their collective weight behind SB 245. The law enriches abortionists and grants privileged status to abortion. California does not prohibit copays or deductibles for any other surgery or drug regimen.
Life Legal is gearing up for trial against California’s Abortion Regime. Please pray for our success!