Elizabeth Johnston This week, the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee considered a proposal that would protect the assets of abortion doctors fleeing malpractice lawsuits in other states like Texas, which has effectively banned abortions when a fetal heartbeat has been detected by relying on citizen lawsuits against practitioners to enforce the legislation.
AB 1666 was introduced by Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, a Democrat from Livermore, and sponsored by Planned Parenthood and the American Association of University Women.
In her fact sheet on the bill, Bauer-Kahan argued that abortion providers and patients need to be protected from “civil actions and financial retaliations” in other states…
