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Assembly panel advances bill to let nurse practitioners, midwives and PAs provide expanded abortion care
Summary
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee voted to send AB 19 73, which would let advanced practice clinicians provide the full range of reproductive health services within their training, to the committee on health after contested testimony from supporters and opponents.
The California Assembly Business and Professions Committee voted to pass AB 19 73 as amended to the committee on health, advancing a measure that would allow advanced practice clinicians (APCs) — nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants — to provide a broader scope of abortion and reproductive-care services under state law.
Assemblymember Pellerin, who presented the bill on behalf of the majority leadership, told the committee that "California has led the nation in protecting reproductive freedom" and that AB 19 73 would reduce delays and expand timely access to care by authorizing…
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