Posted on 05/07/2022 3:07:16 PM PDT by Morgana
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation´s most populous state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, propelled by the release this week of an early draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has ignited a surge of activism among the state´s vast network of providers and advocacy groups.
The draft - which could change when a final ruling is issued, likely next month - would end nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections. Just hours after a leaked copy was published, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state´s top legislative leaders said they would seek voter approval to make abortions a constitutional right in California, a move designed to shield the state from future court rulings and a potential federal abortion ban should Republicans win control of Congress.
On Thursday, Democrats in the state Legislature fast-tracked a bill that would block other states´ laws from imposing civil or criminal penalties on people who provide or aid abortions in California, setting up another likely prolonged legal fight over state sovereignty.
The California Legislative Women´s Caucus has asked Newsom for $20 million to help pay for women from other states where abortion would be outlawed to come to California for the procedure - a sum the governor could announce in his revised budget proposal next week.
In just 48 hours after the draft ruling became public, California´s only statewide nonprofit that helps women travel to and within the state to get abortions raised $25,000 - a quarter of its normal annual spending - while fielding a flood of calls from people volunteering to give free rides or a place to stay to women looking to end their pregnancies.
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“The sooner we get back to the founding Federalist idea of how our nation should work, the better.”
Other than a few people who enjoy political history I doubt that most people even know what that debate is all about. The original federalism was basically finished off by 1865. A consolidated nationalism replaced it and Anti-federalists like George Mason and Patrick Henry were proven to be prophets.
That tendency only grew stronger with each succeeding generation and national government just grew bigger and more intrusive. Now globalism is threatening to replace nationalism. And people are taking for granted the idea that the entire world is our concern and we need to play global policeman.
Well, the current Supreme Court seems to recognize it, at least by implication - if the leaked draft decision becomes final, the issue will go back to the States.
As far as recognizing that Roe was a power grab too far by the Court and reversing it that’s true. Any small victory is good.
Ultimate victory is usually the result of many small ones.
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