Coalition to stop California from enshrining abortion in constitution is bipartisan, diverse: 'Too extreme'

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A diverse bipartisan coalition of Californians is leading the charge against a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, including some pro-choice voters who find the proposed amendment "too extreme." "Our diverse coalition and the coalition itself does not take a stance when it comes to the morality of abortion," said Catherine Hadro, a spokesperson for California Together, No on Proposition 1, which held a press conference last Thursday at the California state Capitol in Sacramento. "Proposition 1 is extreme, it is expensive, and it is unnecessary," Hadro said, adding that the measure would mean the state constitution would effectively guarantee "late-term abortion up until the moment of birth, even if both mother and child are perfectly healthy." Hadro maintained that the text of Proposition 1 is more vaguely worded than existing state law. "This puts California on par with China and North Korea instead of progressive nations like France and the Netherlands, and it's not what Californians want." Attendees at the No on Prop.

1 press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento, California, on Oct. 6, 2022. The text of Proposition 1, which will be on California's Nov.

8 ballot, reads in part: "The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives." Abortion under California state law is legal up to fetal viability, and permitted after viability if the life or health of the mother is in jeopardy.