At the 2026 Live Action Life Awards Gala in Huntington Beach, California, Lila Rose emphasized that prayer is central to the pro-life movement's efforts to change hearts and minds and highlighted Live Action's educational initiatives like the Baby Olivia legislation and Ambassadors Program. Rose stressed the importance of love and prayer for all individuals, including those opposed to the pro-life position, as part of building a culture that welcomes every child.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2540, extending access to medicated abortion pills to community colleges across the state, matching the access already available at University of California and California State University campuses. Community colleges have until 2029 to implement these services, which may include telehealth or partnerships with off-campus providers, addressing healthcare barriers faced by diverse and often low-income students.

Life Choices of Memphis clinic exposed the ongoing distribution of unsafe, unmarked mail-order abortion pills, including packages sent from California with mismatched postmarks and return addresses. The clinic's director highlighted the risks these illicit pills pose to women, urging pregnancy centers to report such incidents and push legislators for enforcement of existing laws.

Katie Zacharia, appointed as White House press secretary by President Trump, revealed she was nearly aborted before her birth mother chose adoption after a last-minute phone call from a Christian counselor. Zacharia, who briefly worked in California commuting to DC, is a pro-life advocate whose personal story informs her stance on adoption and abortion.

California has experienced a nearly 150% surge in doctor-assisted suicide deaths over the past five years, reflecting a broader cultural shift toward accepting euthanasia and the withdrawal of basic care from vulnerable patients. Advocates like Bobby Schindler emphasize that Christian values affirm the intrinsic worth of all human life, opposing practices that devalue the disabled, elderly, and unborn.

Randy Villegas, candidate for California's 22nd Congressional District, joined a panel with leaders from End Citizens United and Reproductive Freedom For All to discuss healthcare cuts and reproductive rights impacting the Central Valley. Villegas criticized incumbent David Valadao for voting to cut over $90 million from Medi-Cal, affecting more than 70,000 people, and advocated for expanded child tax credits, universal childcare, and access to in vitro fertilization.

Nathan Apodaca, president of the Students for Life chapter at California State University–San Marcos, sued the university after it denied funding for a pro-life speaker while disproportionately funding pro-abortion and LGBT student centers with mandatory student fees. Following a 2019 federal court ruling in his favor, CSUSM changed its policies to ensure viewpoint-neutral distribution of student activity funds, and the California State University system directed all 23 campuses to revise their policies to comply with First Amendment free speech protections.

On Monday, March 16, more than 1,000 pro-life Californians gathered at the State Capitol in Sacramento for the 6th annual California March for Life, hosted by California Family Council with support from the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. The event served not only as a public witness for the dignity of unborn life, […] The post From Abortion to Redemption: Stories of Life Take Center Stage at California March for Life first appeared on California Family Council .

The state of California does not collect or publish abortion data through its Department of Public Health. The Centers for Disease Control’s 1996 abortion surveillance report was the last to include California data. In response to an inquiry from the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) in October 2019, the Department informed CLI that “California does not […] The post Abortion Reporting: California (2024) appeared first on Lozier Institute .