LOS ANGELES—California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed May 4 to make California a safe haven for women from other states seeking abortions, following a potential overturn of the federal abortion law under Roe v. Wade.
“This never [has] happened in our lifetime,” Newsom said during a press conference at a Planned Parenthood office in Los Angeles. “We’re taking away rights that have been affirmed over and over again and well established … wake up America.”
Newsom met alongside Planned Parenthood advocates holding signs with the words “ban off our bodies,” following the leak of a draft document, which is being investigated, of the overturning of Roe v. Wade—the 1973 law that prohibits states from restricting abortions.
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