Urgent Legislative Action Alert — 2025–2026 California Legislative Session
AB 1973 — Abortion: Authorized Procedures
Issue Areas: Life · Women’s Health
| Author | Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) (Assembly District 4) |
| Status | Passed the Assembly. Read a second time in the Senate and ordered to third reading on August 11, 2026. Awaiting a Senate floor vote before the legislative session closes. |
| Track It | View full bill text, votes & status on LegiScan |
Why This Matters
AB 1973 dramatically expands who in California may legally perform an abortion. Current law limits abortions performed by non-physicians — such as nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants — to the first trimester of pregnancy. AB 1973 eliminates that first-trimester restriction, opening the door for non-physician providers to perform abortions later in pregnancy under standardized procedures, with only limited consultation requirements for cases described as “beyond the scope of their education, training, and experience.”
Every unborn child deserves protection, and every mother facing a crisis pregnancy deserves the full attention of a trained physician — not a workaround designed to move her through the system faster. AB 1973 treats abortion as a routine procedure to be pushed further down the medical chain of command at precisely the point in pregnancy when the risks to both mother and child are greatest. This is not a patient-safety reform. It is a deliberate removal of guardrails in service of an abortion-on-demand agenda, and it deserves a firm ‘no’ from every lawmaker who claims to care about the lives of women and children.
Take Action Now
AB 1973 could reach the Senate floor any day. Time is short.
- 1Call and email your state senator today and demand a NO vote on AB 1973.
- 2Ask your senator to go on record opposing the expansion of late-term abortion to non-physician providers — this vote will be watched closely and shared widely with California families.
- 3Forward this alert to your church, homeschool group, or community network so others can act before time runs out.
Sources: California Legislative Information (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, Bill AB-1973); LegiScan bill tracking. Status current as of August 15, 2026.