Adiba Khan

Yes, medication abortion will be available at every public university health center in the state by 2023. Yes, I just said abortion. Get used to it.

Brown said in a press release that SB 320 was “not necessary” because outside abortion services are “widely available” off campus and within reasonable distances.

After more than a year of debate over the bill, SB 320, the only hurdle left is the governor’s approval. The bill passed the California State Assembly on Wednesday and went back to the state Senate, where it was passed Thursday morning.

The bill has been sent to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, where it must be approved before being sent to the Committee on Appropriations and then possibly reaching the Assembly floor for a full vote.

One of the most common questions Patel receives from students at the clinic is how to access birth control without seeing a clinician.

A bill penned by UC Berkeley students was passed by the California Senate Monday, putting the state one step closer to requiring all public universities to offer medical abortion services.

In spring 2016, campus senior Adiba Khan urged the campus to offer medical abortion services at the Tang Center — now, the same request is being put forth in SB 320, which was introduced February 2017 and read in the California State Senate again Jan. 22.

Students live on campus, it’s their community. They should be able to get the health care they need without leaving it. Offering medication abortion on campus is an important step forward for student access to reproductive care.

Today, there are far safer methods of grooming than hot oil lamps.

State legislators are one step closer to striking down the sales tax on menstrual products sold across California, after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved Assembly Bill 1561 on Aug. 11.