Newsom Signs Bill That Helps Minors Hide Abortion, Transgender Treatments From Parents

Just eight days after surviving a recall election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a controversial bill that allows health insurance companies to conceal from parents “sensitive” services that their children have received—including abortions, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.  The law, AB 1184, requires insurance providers to direct all communications about “health care services related …