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Abortion in California is legal up to the point of fetal viability. An abortion ban was in place by 1900, and by 1950, it was a criminal offense for a woman to have an abortion. In 1962, the American Law Institute published their model penal code , as it applied to abortions, with three circumstances where they believed a physician could ...
Pedro Fages (1734–1794) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, first Lieutenant Governor of the province of the Californias under Gaspar de Portolá.Fages claimed the governorship after Portolá's departure, acting as governor in opposition to the official governor Felipe de Barri, and later served officially as fifth (1782–91) Governor of the Californias.
This timeline of the Portolá expedition tracks the progress during 1769 and 1770 of the first European exploration-by-land of north-western coastal areas in what became Las Californias, a province of Spanish colonial New Spain. Later, the region was administratively-split into Baja (lower, see Baja California peninsula) and Alta (upper, see ...
The Los Angeles fetus disposal scandal was the 1982 discovery of over 16,000 aborted fetuses being improperly stored at Malvin Weisberg's Woodland Hills, California, home and the ensuing legal battle regarding their disposal. It was called a "national tragedy" by then-president Ronald Reagan and inspired a song by pop singer Pat Boone, with the ...
Location in California. La Purísima Mission (the United States) Show map of California Show map of the United States Show all. Location. 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California 93436. Coordinates. 34°40′13.692″N 120°25′14.2206″W. / 34.67047000°N 120.420616833°W / 34.67047000; -120.420616833. Name as ...
Lady Diana Trujillo Pomerantz (born 1983) [ 1] is a Colombian -American [ 2] aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She currently leads the engineering team at JPL responsible for the robotic arm of the Perseverance rover. [ 3][ 4] On February 18, 2021, Trujillo hosted the first ever Spanish-language NASA transmission of a ...
Hispanic Americans [ 6] California [ 7] Saint Junípero Serra Ferrer O.F.M. ( / huːˈniːpəroʊ ˈsɛrə /; Spanish: [xuˈnipeɾo ˈsera]; November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784), popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order.
Francisco. The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “ free man .”. It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito ...