Late Monday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon released a joint statement calling for an amendment that would guarantee abortion as a right in the Golden State. Such a measure would require a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers and voter approval at the ballot box — something that may well be within reach, as a survey last year found almost four in five Californians want Roe to stay on the books.
For months, legal scholars and political watchers in California and eastward have speculated that the court would strike down the ruling, which guaranteed federal protection of abortion rights. In anticipation, California lawmakers have said they’re preparing to make the state a “sanctuary” for abortion, as red-state legislatures prepare to roll back access.
The number of patients coming here could be substantial. After Texas passed a law effectively banning abortions after six weeks gestation, one report found that nearly 1,400 Texans were seeking out-of-state abortion care each month, traveling to states like New Mexico and Oklahoma to terminate their pregnancies.
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California recently told CalMatters that it has treated at least 80 out-of-state patients per month on average since the Texas law passed in September. And some abortion providers have expressed concern that, as a result of other states outlawing abortion, California clinics could see a surge of demand.
Democrats in the Legislature have already introduced a slate of bills meant to protect and increase access to abortion in California. Among them is Senate Bill 1142, by Sens. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) and Nancy Skinner(D-Berkeley), which would create a state-controlled fund to help pay for abortions for those with financial barriers. Another one, Assembly Bill 2134, by Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego), would provide grants to providers who service low-income individuals whose insurance doesn’t cover abortion or contraception.
State Democratic leaders voiced swift repudiations of the draft majority opinion on Monday night. Shortly after the news broke, Newsom tweeted, “Our daughters, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers will not be silenced. The world is about to hear their fury. California will not sit back. We are going to fight like hell.”
The above comes from a May 3 email from the Politico California Playbook.
Another Catholic who should be excommunicated.
Some Data: From Axios
In 2019, nearly 630,000 abortions were reported to the CDC, reflecting a rate of about 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years.
Around 18% of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion, according to the CDC.
Women in their 20s accounted for the majority of abortions between 2010 and 2019
That year, more than three-quarters of abortions were performed by nine weeks of a pregnancy, and rates were higher among Black and Hispanic women than among white women.
Factors influencing the abortion rate include access to health care services and contraception; the availability of abortion providers; state regulations, such as mandatory waiting periods; parental involvement laws and legal restrictions on providers, the CDC writes.
The state of the economy and resulting impact on family planning decisions and contraceptive use also play a role.
The big picture: Abortion rates have been declining for years, particularly among adolescents. The overall birth rate has also declined since 1973, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Many of the states in the South and Midwest most immediately poised to act to eliminate access should the high court rule against a federal abortion right already have lower-than-average abortion rates.
The answer is simple, isnt it ? Surely we must incarcerate all women in their 20s because they cannot be trusted to make responsible decisions about their bodies.
No. Incarcerate the boyfriends who con the girls into sex, demand an abortion– and then dump the poor, pregnant girl anyway, and go shack-up with another girl. Same old story. Kids need to be taught respect and morals, when dating. Sex belongs in the sacred, lifelong vows of marriage.
When Obama said he believed marriage was between a man and a woman and then changed his mind, he wasn’t lying to the American people before. He evolved. When supreme court justices believe Roe was wrongly decided, they didn’t evolve. They lied in confirmation hearings.
See how the left lies and twists and spins things to favor their totalitarian mindset?
The answer is simple, isnt it ? Surely we must incarcerate all women in their 20s because they cannot be trusted to make responsible decisions about their bodies.
Ah, yes… abortion is the new California gold rush. From the Golden Gate to the Golden Vacuum. Gruesome Newsom.
Newsom has begun running for president of the United States.
he’s been running since the 1990s
Gavin Newsom and his cronies are all extremely irresponsible, immoral, and immature. Sex is a responsibility of lifelong, sacred marriage vows, exactly as it says in the Bible. A child, lovingly created by God, is a precious gift, and a great responsibility– not someone you decide to “kill,” for Satanic convenience. Motherhood, and the God-given bond between mother and child, is sacred. Newsom and his cronies need to work on use of taxpayers’ money for pregnancy and adoption centers, for those in need. And child murder must be outlawed.
I just want to let Newsom know, “Babies in the womb will not be silenced.”
Gavin Newsom: “Our daughters, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers will not be silenced.”
Well…unless they’re pro-life and don’t go along with the progressive abortion narrative, that is. We can silence them….