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A day before Wednesday’s International Women’s Day a bill furthering protections of abortion rights passed the state Senate, hailed as a milestone by advocates and senators.
Senate Bill 1 would expand authorization for physician’s assistants to perform some of the procedures and would protect health-care workers from interstate legal challenges for providing abortions.
But the work isn’t over: The bill must now clear the House before these important protections become law.