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SHOCK: Gavin Newsom vetoes abortion bill in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom has shocked the abortion industry by vetoing a bill which would have codified the state's protections for abortionists who break laws in pro-life states.
In 2022, Newsom signed Executive Order N-12-22, protecting abortionists from being extradited to pro-life states after violating those states' laws.
Assembly Bill 2164 would have codified this executive order in law and strengthened the shield laws in California.
Newsom vetoed the bill, sending shockwaves through the abortion industry.
Newsom's 2022 executive order banned California state agencies from cooperating with state agencies in pro-life states looking to extradite abortionists for violating their laws regarding abortion. This includes forcing medical records, patient data, billing records, or other information which could assist another state's investigation or legal case to remain confidential.
Assembly Bill 2164, meanwhile, would have strengthened the executive order to apply to California abortionists who committed abortions outside of California. These restrictions would have been codified into state law, rather than as an executive order from a sitting governor.
Despite Newsom's ardent support for abortion, he vetoed the bill. In a statement, he explained why:
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.
Abortion activists reacted with dismay to Newsom's shocking veto.
“Steve Hilton has made it very clear that he is willing to send California abortion providers to other states to face criminal charges, and we are deeply disappointed by Governor Newsom’s failure to get AB 2164 over the finish line to protect them," Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju said in a statement. "California must remain a safe haven for reproductive freedom and cannot leave abortion providers one election away from extradition.”
Kimya Forouzan with the Guttmacher Institute, formerly the research arm of Planned Parenthood, likewise criticized the veto.
“By moving extradition protections beyond the reach of future state governors and extending them to providers' prior acts, the state would have ensured that providers have stronger protections against restrictive states that seek to prevent them from prescribing and mailing abortion pills,” Forouzan said.
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·SHOCK: Gavin Newsom vetoes abortion bill in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom has shocked the abortion industry by vetoing a bill which would have codified the state's protections for abortionists who break laws in pro-life states.
In 2022, Newsom signed Executive Order N-12-22, protecting abortionists from being extradited to pro-life states after violating those states' laws.
Assembly Bill 2164 would have codified this executive order in law and strengthened the shield laws in California.
Newsom vetoed the bill, sending shockwaves through the abortion industry.
Newsom's 2022 executive order banned California state agencies from cooperating with state agencies in pro-life states looking to extradite abortionists for violating their laws regarding abortion. This includes forcing medical records, patient data, billing records, or other information which could assist another state's investigation or legal case to remain confidential.
Assembly Bill 2164, meanwhile, would have strengthened the executive order to apply to California abortionists who committed abortions outside of California. These restrictions would have been codified into state law, rather than as an executive order from a sitting governor.
Despite Newsom's ardent support for abortion, he vetoed the bill. In a statement, he explained why:
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.
Abortion activists reacted with dismay to Newsom's shocking veto.
“Steve Hilton has made it very clear that he is willing to send California abortion providers to other states to face criminal charges, and we are deeply disappointed by Governor Newsom’s failure to get AB 2164 over the finish line to protect them," Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju said in a statement. "California must remain a safe haven for reproductive freedom and cannot leave abortion providers one election away from extradition.”
Kimya Forouzan with the Guttmacher Institute, formerly the research arm of Planned Parenthood, likewise criticized the veto.
“By moving extradition protections beyond the reach of future state governors and extending them to providers' prior acts, the state would have ensured that providers have stronger protections against restrictive states that seek to prevent them from prescribing and mailing abortion pills,” Forouzan said.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
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