Democratic lawmakers in California have announced that they intend to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
, Newsom called the draft document from Alito an “appalling attack” on abortion rights. He also warned that the attacks on personal freedoms wouldn’t stop with abortion.
Conservatives on the Supreme Court “are undermining progress, and erasing the civil protections and rights so many have fought for over the last half century,” Newsom said,I’m furious that my own daughters and sons could grow up in an America that is less free than the one they were born into.not just for residents of the state but for anyone in the U.S. seeking to have an abortion, shouldbe overturned by the nation’s highest court.
Another approach would be for California residents to propose constitutional amendments to be voted on through a ballot initiative. If petitioners gather enough signatures – equaling 8 percent or more of the total number of votes cast in the previous gubernatorial election – the measure gets on the ballot for voters to decide on in the next election.
Recent polling suggests that California voters would be open to both amending the constitution to make abortion a permanently recognized right in the state, as well as making California a sanctuary state for abortion services.overturned, while only 20 percent said they did.
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