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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2164, which would have prevented future governors from honoring extradition requests for abortion providers charged in other states, despite the bill passing both legislative chambers with significant support. Newsom previously refused to extradite Dr.

Anastasia Rogers, a pro-life activist in San Francisco, was charged under California's FACE Act for posting a 14-second Instagram video outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, which prosecutors claimed was intimidating. After a trial resulted in a mistrial with most jurors rejecting the intimidation claims, the charges were eventually dismissed following public pressure and Rogers entering a diversion program with no guilty plea or admission of wrongdoing.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Heartbeat International and RealOptions pregnancy centers for promoting abortion pill reversal, seeking over $20 million in penalties and a court order to ban claims that the treatment is safe and effective. During the six-week trial, the state's lead expert witness could not definitively say that abortion pill reversal is ineffective or unsafe, and no evidence of harm from the treatment was presented, while defense witnesses testified to successful outcomes and thousands of lives saved.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte opened a Botox and filler counter in its Sacramento clinic in March 2026 after Congress cut off its Medicaid funding for one year under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Despite receiving $90 million in emergency funding from California, the organization continues to offer cosmetic treatments like Botox, fillers, and vein treatments to generate revenue, prompting Senator Marsha Blackburn to request an IRS investigation into whether this activity violates its tax-exempt status.

California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 2540, which requires every community college with a student health center to stock and advertise the abortion pill, with the mandate expected to take effect by January 2029 if signed by Governor Newsom. Community college health centers, often staffed by a single nurse responsible for thousands of students, will either dispense the pill through telehealth or contracted external agencies, raising concerns about the capacity to manage the medical risks associated with chemical abortions.