Senate Bill 5768, intended to safeguard access to abortion medication, passed the Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee last Wednesday. Abortion access, whether by medication or medical procedure, is being examined across the nation after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
April 19, 2023
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April 19, 2023 6:10 p.m.
Abortion med bill passes WA Senate committee
OLYMPIA – A bill intended to safeguard access to abortion medication passed the Washington State Senate. “The people of Washington have demonstrated time and again — in polls and at the ballot box — that we support the right to reproductive freedom,” said Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Des Moines), the bill’s sponsor. “But that right means nothing without actual access to care.” ...