Proposed bill would allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions in California

State Senator Nancy Skinner, (D) Oakland, is a co-author of SB-233 and announced the effort at a news conference in partnership with Governor Newsom, the California Medical Board and other organizations.

"We will be a safe haven so that Arizonans do not have to carry an unplanned, unwanted or health-endangering pregnancy," Skinner said. 

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9 in support of an 1864 law banning all abortions except when the mother's life is in jeopardy.

"This Arizona law is the first border state law that will directly impact the state of California," Newsom said. "We're trying to get ahead of this law, which goes into effect on June 8th."

According to a statement by Skinner's office, the bill, "would temporarily allow licensed Arizona doctors to provide abortion and abortion-related care to Arizona patients traveling to California through November 30, 2024. The Arizona doctors would be under the oversight of California’s Medical Board and Osteopathic Medical Board and would be required to provide registration information to those boards."

"Our Arizona sisters can come to California to get the health care that they need from their own doctors," Skinner said. 

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