California state lawmakers have sent Gov. Jerry Brown a proposal that would allow not just doctors but nurse practitioners to perform first-trimester abortions.
Let me just remind you that, unlike what forced-birth propaganda would like you to believe, the vast majority of abortions occur during the first trimester. Allowing not just doctors but nurse practitioners to perform these procedures would free up a helluva lot of bottlenecks in Cali. As the Los Angeles Times put it:
The abortion bill, by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), is aimed at expanding access to abortion in rural areas where a shortage of doctors makes it difficult to find someone to perform the procedure.
Amen. But notice, however, with even this crumb of good news regarding abortion rights the pro-choice movement is still stinking at the media game. This bill being put before Gov. Brown is not called the "Female Health" bill or the "Reproductive Health" bill but the "Abortion" bill.
Furthermore newspapers are labeling the bill as being a gateway for "non-physicians" to perform D&Cs... as if Gov. Brown is giving the paper boy the okay for a menstrual extraction. NO! The bill is simply allowing some very qualified people (a registered nurse practitioner for the state of California must have a Master's Degree of Nursing (MSN, which usually takes about six years to obtain after factoring in RN qualifications and miscellaneous pre-requisites) and hundreds of hours of clinical work under her belt.) and medical professionals to perform abortions.
Here's hoping Gov. Brown does what's right for the women of California.