CT Abortion Bill Signed Into Law By Gov. Ned Lamont

CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont signed Connecticut's expanded abortion access bill into law today.

"No politician is going to get in between you and your doctor, you make the choice," Lamont said as he signed the bill.

A leaked draft majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court suggests that the country could be on the precipice of overturning Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed access to abortion. If overturned, abortion access would be decided by individual states.

The bill is the first of its kind in the nation. It provides protections to people who seek abortion procedures in Connecticut from states where abortion access has been severely curtailed or outlawed.

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It limits how much information Connecticut authorities and doctors can share when a person comes to the state for an abortion. The law makes it harder to bring lawsuits under a law like Texas's, which is enforced through private lawsuits. It also limits the governor's discretion to grant extradition to other states when they are charged with a crime that isn't a crime under Connecticut law.

The bill also expanded access by allowing physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to perform aspiration abortions in the first trimester.