Bill Aiming to Inform California Students About Alternatives to Abortion Is Voted Down

SACRAMENTO—Democratic lawmakers voted down a bill April 24 that would have added information about licensed pregnancy centers to sexual education curriculums at California public schools. “I am incredibly disappointed the Senate Education Committee failed to offer diverse choices and create informed futures for students by rejecting SB 1368,” Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, the bill’s author, posted April 25 on X. Senate Bill 1368 sought to balance information provided to students by including resources about pregnancy centers, which provide reproductive health services but do not perform abortions. “When we have diverse options and choices, we have diverse futures and informed futures,” Ms. Ochoa Bogh told The Epoch Times. “It’s important to let [students] know that there’s so much available to them that they might not be aware of.”...