California AG Announces Reproductive Rights Task Force
- October 28, 2022
California prosecutors launched October 25 a statewide reproductive rights task force aimed at protecting those seeking and providing abortions and other reproductive care, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced.
The 15-member California Reproductive Rights Task Force includes district attorneys, county counsel, and city attorneys from across the state, a press release said.
“The Reproductive Rights Task Force is a powerful legal partnership that will be a bulwark in protecting women from harassment, deception, out-of-state punishment, and discrimination when making individual reproductive choices,” said Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton.
The task force among other things will focus on prosecuting crimes of intimidation and harassment at abortion clinics and protecting abortion-related health care information in California from being accessed by out-out-state agencies and persons to punish patients or providers.
The task force also will craft state and local laws and policies to keep reproductive care providers and patients safe and review land-use issues to prevent discrimination against reproductive healthcare facilities, the release said.