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Health & Saf. Code, § 123462 · Article 2.5. Reproductive Privacy Act

Health & Saf. Code, § 123462

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The Legislature finds and declares that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care. Accordingly, it is the public policy of the State of California that:

(a) Every individual has the fundamental right to choose or refuse birth control.

(b) Every pregnant individual or individual who may become pregnant has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child or to choose to have and to obtain an abortion, except as specifically limited by this article.

(c) The state shall not deny or interfere with the fundamental right of a pregnant individual or an individual who may become pregnant to choose to bear a child or to choose to have and to obtain an abortion, except as specifically permitted by this article.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 629, Sec. 5. (AB 2223) Effective January 1, 2023.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=123462.
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