EDITORIAL: These are dark times. State leaders must continue to find creative ways to protect freedom and push back on the GOP’s creeping authoritarian agenda. “This is not the America we know. And it’s not the California way.”
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to strip millions of women of the freedom to control their own reproductive health received a strong and uncompromising response from leaders in California. With some states rolling back the clock on basic human rights, and with congressional leaders and the White House hesitant to pursue bold action, California is stepping in to fill the void.
Unlike in Republican-controlled states, abortion will remain legal in California. That’s because Democrats control every lever of power here and strongly support a woman’s freedom to make her own decisions about pregnancy. But the abortion bans and restrictions now taking place in red states will require free states like California to extend our freedom to women in states where it has now been taken away.
In addition to preparing for an influx of medical refugees, California is also getting ready to defend against further legal challenges. Last week, Newsom signed a bill to help protect Californians from civil lawsuits filed by people in states where abortion is banned. This week, the Democratic supermajority in the California State Legislature approved a proposal to enshrine abortion and contraception rights in the state constitution.
That’s more bad news for Republican candidates like Lanhee Chen, who already was facing an uphill battle in his campaign for California state controller. The GOP stalwart casts himself as a moderate but refuses to say where he stands on abortion freedom. As California’s Democratic leaders expressed outrage of the Supreme Court’s decision, Chen remained silent — except to promise he would not use the controller’s office to restrict abortion.
True, and voters must thwart Republican electoral wins to prevent exponentially worse outcomes. Less clear, however, is how Democratic leaders plan to halt the rollback of rights and freedoms Republicans are intent on carrying out through the courts regardless of whether they win elections.
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