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Health & Saf. Code, § 123466 · Article 2.5. Reproductive Privacy Act

Health & Saf. Code, § 123466

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

(a) The state shall not deny or interfere with a woman’s or pregnant person’s right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman or pregnant person.

(b) A person shall not be compelled in a state, county, city, or other local criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding to identify or provide information that would identify or that is related to an individual who has sought or obtained an abortion if the information is being requested based on either another state’s laws that interfere with a person’s rights under subdivision (a) or a foreign penal civil action, as defined in Section 2029.200 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 629, Sec. 6.5. (AB 2223) Effective January 1, 2023.

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