SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s efforts to become an abortion care sanctuary is personal for some leaders — one of whom shared her story as part of a statewide push to strengthen access to reproductive healthcare.
Assemblywoman Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, revealed at a news conference Tuesday that she had an abortion at age 21, as she was finishing her degree at Yale University and starting her first job.
The Assembly Democratic Caucus held the briefing to highlight how restricting access to abortion disproportionately impacts people of color, who struggle to find reproductive care and suffer pregnancy-related deaths at higher rates than their white counterparts.
