After Gov. Gavin Newsom placed pro-abortion billboards as part of his re-election campaign advertisements in states restricting abortions, Christians in California are responding.
On Sept. 15, Newsom, a Democrat, announced several versions of billboard advertisements that would be going up across seven states.
“Just launched billboards in 7 of the most restrictive anti-abortion states that explain how women can access care–no matter where they live. To any woman seeking an abortion in these anti-freedom states: CA will defend your right to make decisions about your own health,” Newsom wrote on Twitter.
One of the billboards placed in Oklahoma and Indiana, which reads “Need an abortion? California is ready to help” also included a verse from the Bible, “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these,” quoted from Mark 12:31. However, in the existing English versions of the Bible, the verse has the word “greater” following “commandment,” with the New International Version reading “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”…