California lawmakers aim to ease abortion rules as some states tighten

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California lawmakers aim to ease abortion rules as some states tighten

By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A proposal to allow nurses and midwives to perform some abortions is advancing in California's Democratic legislature, a move supporters hope will influence the national debate on abortion even as other states are tightening the rules. If the measure is enacted, the nation's most populous state would allow nurse-practitioners, nurse-midwives and physician assistants to perform a procedure known as aspiration, which uses suction to dislodge an embryo from the uterine wall during the first few weeks of pregnancy. ...

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