Countering Trend, California Expands Access To Abortion; Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives Now Eligible to Perform Procedure

California Expands Availability Of Abortion by Ian Lovett.  The New York Times.  October 9, 2013.

(1)  Nurse practitioners, midwives, and physician assistants, under a new law can perform a common type of abortion, an _________ abortion, during the first trimester.

(2)  The author of the bill stated that women in rural parts of the state ______________________.

(3)   Right to life advocates said that the law expands the number of abortions while reducing ____________.

(4)  So far this year _________ restrictions on abortion have been passed by states.

(5)  According to supporters of the law a state pilot program demonstrated that physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives could _________________.