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After vetoing one abortion bill last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom has now signed a large package of pro-abortion bills into law.
Newsom made a surprise veto on an abortion bill in September, shocking the abortion industry.
He has since signed a raft of pro-abortion bills.
California is one of the most pro-abortion states in the country.
Despite having previously signed an executive order barring California agencies from cooperating with states looking to extradite abortionists for violating their pro-life laws, Newsom vetoed a bill which would have codified that executive order into law. It also would have expanded the order to include California abortionists who commit abortions in violation of a state's pro-life law outside of California.
In his statement explaining the veto, he said that while he otherwise supports the bill, he disagreed with how it infringes upon the authority of each state's governor.
While I share the author's views on the importance of protecting these important health care services, extradition is an exclusively executive function. When discretionary, that discretion is appropriately placed with the Governor.
I am troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor based on their shared policy preferences, regardless of how righteous and well-intended those actions may be.
After this, Newsom announced he had signed a package of bills related to reproductive health care. Some of these bills improve access to legitimate health care, like expanding midwifery care and lactation services. Many, however, expanded abortion.
The bills include:
AB 1854: Further strengthened shield laws to protect abortionists who break the laws of other states
AB 1973: Allows non-physicians to commit abortions past the first trimester
AB 2531: Expands the Reproductive Privacy Act to expand abortion access for military veterans
AB 2540: Requires California community colleges to commit chemical abortions on campus
In his statement, Newsom said the package is an effort to protect "freedom" in California.
"Freedom means being able to make deeply personal decisions without elected officials inserting themselves in pursuit of a political agenda," he said. "California is protecting that freedom and showing the nation, particularly under increasingly severe attacks by the Trump administration, what is possible when we put patients and people first — not politics."
Abortion is not freedom, and expanding it can put women's lives at risk. And protecting human life isn't a "political agenda" — it's the responsibility of government to do so, and doing the opposite creates unjust and illegitimate laws, stripping the natural right to life from innocent human beings.
As Live Action News previously reported on the issue of allowing non-physicians to commit abortions:
There are many risks associated with abortion, including infection, hemorrhaging, damage to the cervix and uterus, scar tissue formation, harm to the uterine lining, and even death.
According to a 2013 study from the Ryan Residency abortion training program at the University of California San Francisco, abortions committed by non-physicians are more likely to end in complications than those committed by physicians — meaning this push from the abortion industry to allow non-physicians to commit abortions puts women’s health and lives at risk.
The bill forcing chemical abortions to be available on campus at community colleges likewise puts students at risk, as health centers at such colleges are rarely equipped to handle the risks and realities of abortion pills.
Senate Bill 24, which was passed in 2019, already forced the University of California and California State University student health centers to dispense abortion pills. And just as state universities opposed Senate Bill 24, the Health Services' Association of California Community Colleges opposed AB 2540, saying they do not have the infrastructure or staffing to handle on-campus abortions and the complications that will inevitably follow.
Promoting and expanding abortion does not help and empower women; it takes countless innocent preborn lives, and causes various kinds of harm to women desperate enough to resort to it.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
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·California Gov. Newsom ignores safety, signs risky abortion bills into law
After vetoing one abortion bill last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom has now signed a large package of pro-abortion bills into law.
Newsom made a surprise veto on an abortion bill in September, shocking the abortion industry.
He has since signed a raft of pro-abortion bills.
California is one of the most pro-abortion states in the country.
Despite having previously signed an executive order barring California agencies from cooperating with states looking to extradite abortionists for violating their pro-life laws, Newsom vetoed a bill which would have codified that executive order into law. It also would have expanded the order to include California abortionists who commit abortions in violation of a state's pro-life law outside of California.
In his statement explaining the veto, he said that while he otherwise supports the bill, he disagreed with how it infringes upon the authority of each state's governor.
While I share the author's views on the importance of protecting these important health care services, extradition is an exclusively executive function. When discretionary, that discretion is appropriately placed with the Governor.
I am troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor based on their shared policy preferences, regardless of how righteous and well-intended those actions may be.
After this, Newsom announced he had signed a package of bills related to reproductive health care. Some of these bills improve access to legitimate health care, like expanding midwifery care and lactation services. Many, however, expanded abortion.
The bills include:
AB 1854: Further strengthened shield laws to protect abortionists who break the laws of other states
AB 1973: Allows non-physicians to commit abortions past the first trimester
AB 2531: Expands the Reproductive Privacy Act to expand abortion access for military veterans
AB 2540: Requires California community colleges to commit chemical abortions on campus
In his statement, Newsom said the package is an effort to protect "freedom" in California.
"Freedom means being able to make deeply personal decisions without elected officials inserting themselves in pursuit of a political agenda," he said. "California is protecting that freedom and showing the nation, particularly under increasingly severe attacks by the Trump administration, what is possible when we put patients and people first — not politics."
Abortion is not freedom, and expanding it can put women's lives at risk. And protecting human life isn't a "political agenda" — it's the responsibility of government to do so, and doing the opposite creates unjust and illegitimate laws, stripping the natural right to life from innocent human beings.
As Live Action News previously reported on the issue of allowing non-physicians to commit abortions:
There are many risks associated with abortion, including infection, hemorrhaging, damage to the cervix and uterus, scar tissue formation, harm to the uterine lining, and even death.
According to a 2013 study from the Ryan Residency abortion training program at the University of California San Francisco, abortions committed by non-physicians are more likely to end in complications than those committed by physicians — meaning this push from the abortion industry to allow non-physicians to commit abortions puts women’s health and lives at risk.
The bill forcing chemical abortions to be available on campus at community colleges likewise puts students at risk, as health centers at such colleges are rarely equipped to handle the risks and realities of abortion pills.
Senate Bill 24, which was passed in 2019, already forced the University of California and California State University student health centers to dispense abortion pills. And just as state universities opposed Senate Bill 24, the Health Services' Association of California Community Colleges opposed AB 2540, saying they do not have the infrastructure or staffing to handle on-campus abortions and the complications that will inevitably follow.
Promoting and expanding abortion does not help and empower women; it takes countless innocent preborn lives, and causes various kinds of harm to women desperate enough to resort to it.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
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