SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Months after making abortions cheaper for women, California lawmakers have now voted to make vasectomies cheaper for men.
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The bill passed Wednesday and now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom. If he signs it, California would become the eighth state to do this for vasectomies — joining Washington Oregon, New Mexico, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Vermont.
Earlier this year, California passed a law banning private insurance companies from charging people things like co-pays and deductibles for abortions. That makes it cheaper for women with private insurance to get an abortion — something Democrats wanted to do in advance of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Six states — California, Illinois, Oregon, New York, Maryland and Massachusetts — ban out-of-pocket costs for abortions.
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