For more than three decades, a woman’s right to choose has been a defining issue in election campaigns across America.
NARAL Pro-Choice California elects pro-choice candidates, promotes pro-choice public policy, and engages pro-choice Californians in the political process.
Follow the links to the left to learn more about pro-choice legislation in California and where your legislators stand on Choice issues.
Our Successes
Helped defeat Proposition 4, the third anti-choice ballot initiative, in November 2008.
Educated more than 95,000 activists and volunteers across the state during the 2008 election cycle.
Mobilized more than 1,000 activists during the 2008 election cycle.
Helped increase the pro-choice majority in Sacramento by electing three new pro-choice members of the Assembly in traditionally anti-choice seats and held a pro-choice seat in the Senate.
Held action summits and message trainings in Napa, Santa Rosa, LA, Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Worked with local leaders in SonomaCounty to successfully stop the closure of the only area hospital that provides comprehensive reproductive care.
Provided leadership training opportunities for students and young adults through our internship program and campus organizing program.
What’s Next
Expose so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs) throughout California.CPCs present themselves as legitimate healthcare clinics and then use misinformation, intimidation and sometimes even harassment to block women from making informed health-care decisions.
Organize “Forum for Choice 2010: A Candid Conversation With Our Next Governor,” an opportunity for pro-choice Californians to hear how each candidate views a woman’s right to choose, privacy, and the government’s role in reproductive health care decision-making.
Recruit and train activists throughout the state to identify and stop anti-choice attacks at the local level.
End the annual fight to defeat dangerous parental-notification ballot initiatives by reforming the current ballot-initiative process.
