As reported by MyNorthwest, on Thursday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed HB1851 (full text) protecting the right to abortion before viability of the fetus or to protect the life or health of the pregnant individual. It provides in part:
The state shall not penalize, prosecute, or otherwise take adverse action against an individual based on their actual, potential, perceived, or alleged pregnancy outcomes. Nor shall the state penalize, prosecute, or otherwise take adverse action against someone for aiding or assisting a pregnant individual in exercising their right to reproductive freedom with their voluntary consent.
The new law also provides in part in its statement of policy:
Although the abortion rights movement has historically centered on women in our advocacy, that must no longer be the case and it is critical that we recognize that transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive people also get pregnant and require abortion care.
Consistent with this, references to "woman" in the state's abortion laws were changed to "pregnant individual".
