Posted on 08/04/2019 9:38:48 AM PDT by Morgana
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Building on a 2016 ban on city-funded travel to states with anti-LGBT laws, San Francisco officials Tuesday voted unanimously to extend that ban to states with restrictive abortion laws.
“It will expand the existing ordinance to states that have waged war on our constitutionally protected right to an abortion,” San Francisco Supervisor Vallie Brown, who introduced the proposal, said at a board meeting Tuesday.
Five states — Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Mississippi — passed laws this year that ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Missouri also enacted a law banning abortions after eight weeks, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a prohibition on all abortions in the state, except when “necessary to prevent a serious health risk” to the woman.
The law approved by San Francisco Tuesday not only bans city-funded travel, it also forbids the city from contracting with companies headquartered in states with restrictive abortion laws or anti-LGBT laws.
Brown said the purpose of the ban is to ensure the city’s economic might aligns with its social values.
“Let’s put our money where our mouth is,” Brown said.
Every supervisor on the city’s 11-member board supported the proposed ordinance as a co-sponsor. Though it was unanimously approved it will require one more board vote before going to the mayor’s office for signature.
In 2018, California passed a law that prohibits state-sponsored travel to states that allow discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. California restricts state-paid travel to Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.
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Good!
And those states should refuse to do any business with any company headquartered in SF. Tit for Tat.
I’m not certain that it’s constitutional to restrict “trade”
between states.
Or to tax it.
I’m sure the states who restrict abortion are just trembling.
But it’s the right and Trump who are the fascist.....
Georgia does not want you here anyway.
I’m sure the states who restrict abortion are just trembling.
I’m sure they will be devastated.
and don’t come till you clean the feces off your shoes.
“Good!”
Yep, most anywhere is benefitted by there bring less of either abortion or faggotry. Maybe the city should demand all flights to those States cease from local airports too?
Are they trying to deter other states from banning abortion? Because if so then I think it may backfire.
So sanfran doesnt want its government employees( I almost used the misnomer “workers) pooping on the sidewalks in any state that protects the unborn? ogh ok. Im all in for this
Great, that way, those evil southern states will not have to put up with folks who walk around with sh*t on their shoes and carry third-world diseases.
Well.. Aren’t they the decisive little devils.
That’s fine. We don’t want their San Francisco values polluting the rest of the country anyway.
So....why don’t the states that oppose abortion reciprocally ban state-funded travel to states such as California?
Winning! Keeping out the riff-raff from decent God-fearing states can’t be a bad thing.
and don’t come till you clean the feces off your shoes.
Perhaps, with the money saved they could hire additional shite shovelers?
I’m hoping Tennessee will get on board and join with these five.
“...Constitutionally protected right to have an abortion.”
Could someone please point to the exact Articleand section or the amendment that guarantees a right to have an abortion. I have read the Constitution many times and I don’t believe I’ve ever seen any language in it regarding a right to have an abortion. The only language that really can even remotely be construed to apply here is the Tenth Amendment. Since the Constitution doesn’t discuss regulations of abortion, the power to regulate abortion must belong to the states.
Of course I’m well aware of Roe v Wade and other case law regarding abortion, but it’s really a stretch on the part of the SCOTUS to find Constitutional protection for abortion. Those were just blatant political decisions. The real power to determine the legality of abortion lies with the states, via the Tenth Amendment.
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