AB-718: Abortion Catch Kits

This bill would require women to use “catch kits” when they have a miscarriage or abortion–literally forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it back to the doctor’s office as medical waste.

This bill imposes additional burdens on both patients and physicians by requiring follow-up visits and strict disposal protocols for abortion-inducing drugs, effectively criminalizing minor errors with penalties already carrying felony consequences. It also shifts heavy regulatory responsibility onto manufacturers, exposing them to costly environmental fines under the “spills law” for any contamination of “endocrine disruptors.”