Thu Sep 29, 2022 – 9:20 pm EDT
SACRAMENTO, California (LifeSiteNews) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a raft of radical new laws expanding abortion access throughout the Golden State. The bills will allocate over $200 million in new abortion funding, greenlight recruitment of abortionists to broaden availability, and ensure that almost no abortion will be prosecuted under the law.
The legislative package also includes a controversial bill that critics have warned could be interpreted as decriminalizing infanticide.
In a September 27 press release, Newsom explicitly said the laws are meant to stand in opposition to legislation recently passed in Republican-led states to enshrine legal protections for the unborn.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed more than a dozen laws aiming to make California an abortion sanctuary state. Several of the new laws deliberately clash with restrictions in other states. https://t.co/IGD3P1D5Li
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 28, 2022
“An alarming number of states continue to outlaw abortion and criminalize women, and it’s more important than ever to fight like hell for those who need these essential services,” Newsom said, according to the press release.
Perhaps the most well-known law signed as part
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