Kevin Mullin on Abortion

	Kevin Mullin on Abortion

Repeal law requiring coroners to investigate stillbirths

Summary by Cal Matters (9/27/22): Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of 12 bills, establishing some of the strongest abortion protections in the nation. Collectively, the new laws aim at improving access, ensuring providers and patients cannot be sued or prosecuted, and funding procedures and travel costs for low-income individuals. The most contentious measure abolishes the requirement that coroners investigate stillbirths & prohibits the prosecution of anyone who ends their pregnancy even if the abortion is self-induced or happens outside of the medical system. Protesters & conservative lawmakers claimed the legislation would legalize infanticide, which the sponsor has characterized as "disinformation," adding that Californians will no longer have to fear having their "pregnancy policed by state systems."

Legislative Outcome: Passed Senate 30-9-1 on Aug/29/22; passed Assembly 54-19-7 on Aug/30/22; State Rep. Kevin Mullin voted YES; Signed by Gov. Newsom on Sep/27/22.

Source: California State Legislature voting records AB2223 , Aug 30, 2022

Provide full reproductive services in jails and prisons

Support by ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union, Aug. 2020): Ensures that pregnant people who are incarcerated receive comprehensive, unbiased information about their reproductive options, get access to timely prenatal and postnatal care, and receive reasonable accommodations and support that help ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy.

Summary by ACLU-SoCal: California law and the US Constitution require jails to provide health care for incarcerated persons, which includes reproductive health care. But pregnant people who are incarcerated often receive biased, coercive information about their reproductive options, get substandard prenatal/postnatal care that endangers their health, and are denied reasonable accommodations that help ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy. That's why we need AB 732.

Legislative Outcome: Passed Senate 33-1-6 on Aug/29/20; passed Assembly 63-0-16 on Aug/30/20; State Rep. Kevin Mullin voted YES; Signed by Gov. Newsom on Sept/30/

Source: ACLU summary of California Legislative voting record AB732 , Aug 30, 2020

Allow nurses to perform non-surgical abortions

Excerpts from Legislative Counsel's Digest:

Existing law makes it a public offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment, for a person to perform or assist in performing a surgical abortion if the person does not have a valid license to practice as a physician and surgeon.
This bill makes an exception for performing an abortion by medication or aspiration techniques in the first trimester of pregnancy if the person holds a license to perform the necessary functions.
The bill would also require a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant to complete training to comply with standardized procedures or protocols.

The bill would delete the references to a nonsurgical abortion as a punishable offense.

Status: Passed House, 54-20-4; passed Senate 29-8-2; signed by Governor, 10/9/2013. (State Rep. Kevin Mullin voted YES;).

Source: California legislative voting record for AB 154 , Oct 9, 2013

100% pro-choice; endorsed by NARAL

Kevin is proud of his 100% rating from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, and is the only Democrat in the race for CA-15 to have earned the sole endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Kevin co-authored powerful pro-choice legislation to protect women from prosecution for their own pregnancy outcomes and championed the amendment to enshrine the right to choose into the California State Constitution.

In Congress, Kevin will continue to fight back against an extremist Supreme Court by always standing up for reproductive rights and against attempts to restrict or criminalize abortion access, and voting to codify Roe v. Wade to ensure women remain in control of their own reproductive health decisions.

Source: 2022 CA-15 House campaign website KevinMullinForCongress.com , Dec 7, 2022

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