Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Law Allowing Nurse Practitioners and Other Clinicians to Perform Abortions

The Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown signs abortion, mammogram bills:

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation extending an ongoing pilot program allowing nurse practitioners and other clinicians to perform non-surgical abortions, his office announced this afternoon.

Senate Bill 623, by Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, was supported by Planned Parenthood and opposed by abortion rights opponents. . . .