In a file photograph from Nov. 6, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems at a rally in assist of Proposition 1, a state constitutional modification to assure the correct to abortion and contraception.
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In a file photograph from Nov. 6, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems at a rally in assist of Proposition 1, a state constitutional modification to assure the correct to abortion and contraception.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state is engaged on emergency laws that may allow doctors from Arizona to come to California to present abortions.
The announcement comes days after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state ought to observe a law from the 1860s that outlaws abortions in all circumstances besides when the pregnant particular person’s life is in peril.
Newsom, a Democrat, said Sunday throughout an look on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that California is ready to assist those that are set to lose the flexibility to have an abortion in neighboring Arizona.
“I think really we need to start focusing on making the kind of progress that’s needed,” Newsom stated.
On Monday, Newsom spokesperson Brandon Richards advised NPR by way of electronic mail that the administration was working carefully with the California legislature on the proposal and likewise coordinating with the places of work of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, each of whom are Democrats.
“Arizona AG Kris Mayes identified a need to expedite the ability for Arizona abortion providers to continue to provide care to Arizonans as a way to support patients in their state seeking abortion care in California,” Richards stated. “We are responding to this call and will have more details to share in the coming days.”
The Arizona Supreme Court justices stayed enforcement of their April 9 ruling for 14 days and presumably longer, allowing abortions to proceed for now.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022 and eradicated the constitutional proper to an abortion, a lot of extra conservative states have been limiting or banning the process, whereas different states have taken steps to protect reproductive rights, together with California.
Over the weekend, Newsom additionally debuted a new TV ad by his Campaign for Democracy PAC that depicts a fictional scene of two ladies being pulled over by a police officer and requested to take a being pregnant check simply earlier than they will drive out of state.
According to the PAC, lawmakers in Alabama, Tennessee and Oklahoma have launched laws to bar minors from touring out of state to get an abortion with out parental consent.
All three states have among the many “most restrictive” legal guidelines in opposition to abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a analysis group that helps abortion rights and tracks abortion legal guidelines throughout the U.S.
“Alabama’s abortion ban has no exceptions for rape or incest. Now, Republicans are trying to criminalize young women’s travel to receive abortion care,” Newsom said in a post on X. “We cannot let them get away with this.”
In November a federal choose temporarily blocked an Idaho law that was meant to stop minors from going out of state to receive abortions with out parental consent.