A bill that has passed the California legislature would allow non-physicians to perform abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy.
The bill would allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physician assistants to be trained to perform first-trimester "manual vacuum aspiration abortions." An aspiration abortion involves inserting into the uterus a small tube attached to a pump that vacuums out fetal tissue.
Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), who wrote the measure, said more than half of California counties lack an abortion provider.
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