California steps into the post-Roe future [View all]
The Golden State, along with a number of Democratic strongholds, has been working to shore up its abortion protections in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
But no other state has created such a comprehensive strategy — a legislative bill package with more than a dozen proposals, new funding to expand abortion access and a proposed November ballot measure that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
"ABORTION STAYS LEGAL IN CA," Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted Friday morning, lamenting that "This is not the America we know."
The Supreme Court decision, on a 5-4 vote, clears the way for more than half the states in the country to swiftly ban the procedure, a move that puts great pressure on states where abortion will still be legal. California wants to be an abortion haven for pregnant people living under new laws hostile to abortion.
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