NORTHSTATE, Calif. -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta is sponsoring two state bills protecting reproductive rights.

Per the Attorney General's Office, one is the Medication Abortion Access bill, which would help make sure abortion care access will remain for Californians. Under the second bill, the Attorney General Enforcement of the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA) bill, Attorney General Bonta could pursue monetary penalties from local government entities interfering with Californians' reproductive rights. In addition, their representatives noted that this announcement relates to a threat to reproductive rights being posed by the incoming presidential administration.

Planned Parenthood Northern California CEO Gilda Gonzales told KRCR the biggest threat is access to medication abortion, specifically the mifepristone pill.

"What we are attempting to do is to ensure that mifepristone continue to be utilized in medication abortions and the ease of care," Gonzales said. "This type of legislation is critical for us to be able to provide the care and the services that our patients need."

She added, "We are all dialed into what our patients need...that we have all the protections that we need to have to ensure that our patients can continue to have bodily autonomy and have reproductive freedom."

At the NorthState Care Clinic on Athens Avenue in Redding, Assistant Director Kirsten Lapp told the Northstate's News they plan to maintain their free medical services, ultrasounds, resources, and pregnancy tests.

"We know California has been pro-choice historically," Lapp said. "This new legislation doesn't seem to change those trends. So we are just going to continue to serve the women and men facing unexpected pregnancies and who aren't sure about which choice they want to make."

Gonzales told us their staff is noticing an uptick in people seeking IUDs, as well as vasectomies, saying this is a sign of worry among patients. She said patients should know there are no changes in their services unless they hear from Planned Parenthood administrators directly.