State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, will introduce a bill today that will solidify California’s status as a “safe haven” for abortion and gender-affirming care.
Set to be introduced on the first day of the new legislative session, Skinner’s bill would ensure out-of-state residents entering California to seek out abortion or gender-affirming procedures will not be prosecuted for such care.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, California lawmakers have cracked down to strengthen their stance on safe and legal abortions.
But on the other hand, 13 states have made it a felony to receive or give abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
If passed, bail agents and bounty hunters would be prohibited from apprehending people traveling from California to escape criminal prosecution or imprisonment in their own state’s criminal laws on abortion and gender-affirming care. Those who do so could be guilty of a misdemeanor, face one-year of prison time and lose their license to operate in California.
The bill would also prevent out-of-state residents from being denied housing and food assistance as a punishment for undergoing their procedures.
My body my choice.! California is the best place to live in the World. If you want freedom of choice come here, we welcome all.
So if it is YOUR choice, why do I as a taxpayer have to pay for it?
I have ZERO issues with it being your choice, I absolutely agree that it should be YOUR choice … but I should NOT have to pay fort his. It is not my fault or responsibility your got pregnant. I was not there, so why am I paying for it? It is not my choice that you want to change gender, so again why am I paying for it?
And now you want to add the fact that I have to pay for some Vermont, Texan, Arizona person to have this ‘opportunity’ … yeah, that is NO from me.
California will become a third world country harboring all types of criminals. We already harbor illegal aliens as a sanctuary state …now we want to add more? And will California agree to pay for this on a minor without parent consent … that might be illegal to pay to transport a minor over state lines to perform an UNNECESSARY medical procedure. As a medical professional, you are aware of consent laws and the ability to lose your license if you violate those, are you not?
Freedom of choice, you say. I choose to drive a gas-powered car, cook with a gas-powered stove, and use electricity when I want. Oh, this is California. Someone with a higher pay grade has already chosen for me.
Parent, sounds like you’re calling those needing abortions criminals now?
Well, according to their state, they would be criminals – though that is not my belief.
I do not think anyone who has an abortion or performs an abortion is a criminal. I do think it is criminal that our state is planning on taking minors from another state to perform an unnecessary medical procedure.
Lol nobody needs an abortion. It’s all selfishness.
@ ITSME~
No, …. You need to re-read.
PARENT isn’t calling WOMEN who want Abortions criminals.
Harbor illegal aliens as a sanctuary state is bad enough and a strain to the system.
As a taxpayer, I am tired of the money going to people who should pay their way.
A systemic, yet exemplary troll.
Surely there must be a place in the Biden administration for such talent. Perhaps replacing that little androgynous gal with the fright wig that does the press conferences……..
The left is now trying to outright legalize child porn. All this degeneracy is coming out of berkeley and SF. We are being blamed worldwide for this. These sickos need to be shut down yesterday.
Musk just dumped 50,000 child port accounts on Twitter. This garbage is rampant.
I guess some Berkeley or SF degenerate gave you the thumb down?
Remember, If you have to “normalize” something, it isn’t normal to begin with. These fools don’t get to play games with language any more then the get to diddle kids. It’s time to admit democrats and sick people in the highest of places are predators and mentally deranged. I don’t care if it’s highly respected professors at berkeley or government representatives in SF, these are sick, mentally ill individuals who want to rape children and should be put down like dogs who bite kids.
Sam…Yada,yada,yada. Again, if you spent more time pursuing positive interests instead of waisting so much time complaining about the party you don’t agree with people might want to listen to you more. Add something of substance once in a while would you.
Here’s the substance: You won’t be allowed to groom children under any circumstances.
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I’m sorry you have problems with reading comprehension. You must have done elementary school in the bay area. Try hooked on phonics, it’s worked for lots of people of your caliber.
“Waisting”? Exactly how does one go about “waisting” something? Geez, why would anyone take anything you contribute here seriously?
Oh good I love paying more taxes. I love bringing home half a paycheck. Let’s see what other type of funding I can pay for.
How much of the tax money I provide will go to this? Are we creating a new department to make sure that bail agents and bounty hunters don’t apprehend people or monitor people are not being denied housing and food assistance? How much money? Is the money coming from the general fund, meaning taken from road improvements?
Glad to be leaving this cesspool of a state…
Since when was it illegal to be born?
How blessed to have a state where there’s liberal omniscience in dealing with inconvenient life. There’s so much money to be made chemically and physically interfering with young maturing bodies.
We need to get rid of the likes of Skinner, Swalwell, Eshoo, Weenie-Weiner and so on…!! It seems to be only liberal Demos that trigger the worse for humanity!
We need to get rid of Arrequin also. The unfortunate aspect is that some of this mindset is spreading to other conservative states. You practically have to leave the USA to find freedom from these miscreants!!
Here is a novel idea: Use birth control like a responsible adult. However, if you’re an impulsive person with a certain zest for life, come to California where stupidity and irresponsibility are desirable traits. Just ask Governor Newsom, leader of this great nation state. He actually solicits stupidity, however he wants us to finance it.
I will never understand the destructive nature of liberals. I feel they had to be brainwashed to hold their views. That stuff does not come natural.
California is so lost, getting further and further from the values our country was founded on. Abortion is NOT constitutional, nor should the constitution be able to be amended. As a woman, the feminism movement is so sad. You get pregnant, follow through with the pregnancy; you don’t just get to decide you don’t want to be a mother anymore. Many argue rape and that woman should be able to terminate a pregnancy they didn’t ask for, that’s a separate issue and if you look up the statistics that is not where majority of the abortions are coming from. The resources should go to creating safety for woman where the rape numbers go down, provide resources to prevent accidental pregnancy. This has gone too far and it’s become a political debate instead of a logical decision of what actually makes sense.