California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vowed Monday evening to build a “firewall” around California in the form of a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion as a right, after a draft Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade (1973) leaked.
California will not stand idly by as women across America are stripped of their rights and the progress so many have fought for gets erased. We will fight. California is proposing an amendment to enshrine the right to choose in our state constitution so that there is no doubt as to the right to abortion in this state. We know we can’t trust the Supreme Court to protect reproductive rights, so California will build a firewall around this right in our state constitution.
The use of the term “firewall” is ironic, as California steadfastly opposed the efforts of President Donald Trump to build an actual “wall” on the southern border to protect the U.S. from illegal immigration, such as is currently taking place.that if Trump actually won the presidential election — then considered a remote possibility — the state would build a “wall” around itself to protect itself from the rest of the nation, as governed by Trump.
Now, California is attempting to build a legal wall to keep the likely decision of the Supreme Court from affecting abortion.on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET . He is the author of the recent e-book,
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