A California bill that would allow health care providers to anonymously mail abortion drugs could soon become law , marking the latest effort by a blue state to safeguard access to medication abortion.

The two-drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol is used in more than 60% of abortions in the U.S., and roughly a quarter of abortions are now done via telehealth, according to the Society of Family Planning.

Under the measure, which the legislature is considering this week, doctors, pharmacists and others authorized to prescribe the drugs to end a pregnancy could leave their name off the prescription label.

Abortion rights advocates say the measure adds to protections already on the books under the state’s existing shield law, one of a handful nationwide that protects doctors who

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