What can California do about abortion pill ruling? Not much

The ruling comes less than a month after the Legislative Women’s Caucus and Future of Abortion Council announced a package of 17 bills building on last session’s work and primarily focusing on privacy and legal protections for patients and providers.

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Oakland and chairperson of the caucus, said during a press conference unveiling the legislation that lawmakers were “not done, not by a long shot” in their efforts to preserve abortion rights.

The women’s caucus issued a statement blasting the “abominable” and “deplorable” ruling: “When will the assault on women’s health and dignity stop? That one anti-abortion judge has the power to block access to a safe and medically proven treatment is an outrage.”

The caucus vowed again: “California will not back down.” 

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