DIVISION 106. PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) 123100-125850›PART 2. MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH 123225-124250›CHAPTER 2. Maternal Health 123375-123640›ARTICLE 2.5. Reproductive Privacy Act 123460-123468

§ 123466

California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The state may not deny or interfere with a woman’s right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 385, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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