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TexasTowelie

(112,300 posts)
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 06:57 AM Jun 2019

Gavin Newsom invites women to have abortions performed in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is welcoming women across the country who are seeking abortions to come have the procedure done in his home state.

In a Friday letter, Newsom joined Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in urging states "to review their laws and enact their own protections" after states such as Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and Mississippi recently passed stringent laws that would curb access to abortion.

"In the absence of federal leadership on this issue, states must step up and put in place their own protections – both in statute and in their state constitutions, and through the expansion of family planning and education – to defend every American's right to reproductive freedom," the governors wrote. "Roe is settled law, but newly enacted and clearly unconstitutional laws in a handful of states compel our states to act now to reaffirm longstanding commitments to safeguard the fundamental rights of women."

Newsom took it a step further, inviting women in conservative states to come to California to "fully exercise their reproductive rights."

Read more: https://www.mysanantonio.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-abortion-California-laws-Alabama-Roe-13914531.php

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Gavin Newsom invites women to have abortions performed in California (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
abortion tourism was inevitable rampartc Jun 2019 #1
Don't be ridiculous. TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #2
Not everybody can fly or even drive to California. patricia92243 Jun 2019 #3
That's a nice gesture, but traveling that far would be impossible for many, Arkansas Granny Jun 2019 #4
Okay, travel is a hardship for many. At least west coast states are ensuring women have the option. Auggie Jun 2019 #5

TexasTowelie

(112,300 posts)
2. Don't be ridiculous.
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 07:20 AM
Jun 2019

They have been checking women already when they walk through scanners at the airports in red states.

Arkansas Granny

(31,521 posts)
4. That's a nice gesture, but traveling that far would be impossible for many,
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 07:59 AM
Jun 2019

if not most women needing abortions.

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