Posted on 10/17/2019 6:55:36 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
San Francisco expanded its city-funded travel and contracting bans to 22 states with pro-life laws.
The 22 states include Texas, Massachusetts, and Florida. The move marks the expansion of an ordinance enacted in August that prohibited city-funded travel "to states that have enacted laws that prohibit abortion prior to the viability of the fetus" and contracting with companies headquartered in those states. The ban initially covered eight states, according to Courthouse News, but that list has now expanded to cover nearly half the country.
City supervisor Vallie Brown denounced pro-life reforms, such as late term abortion limits, as "an assault on women and women's reproductive rights" and "an economic hit on women."
The city also took action in 2016 to ban business with states that had enacted anti-LGBT laws. The initial list of states covered by this ban included Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee before expanding to include South Dakota.
San Francisco has not been shy about restricting its relationships based on the political priorities of the board of supervisors. In September, the board passed a resolution condemning the National Rifle Association as a "domestic terrorist organization," claiming the group used its influence to "incite gun owners to acts of violence." Mayor London Breed sent a memo to city employees clarifying that the resolution was non-binding and did not prohibit city contractors from doing business with the organization.
San Francisco is also not the only city to take action against what it perceives as assaults on reproductive rights. Los Angeles County imposed a temporary travel ban to Alabama after the state passed one of the strongest pro-life reforms in the country. Colorado also banned state travel to Alabama after asking Planned Parenthood for input on the state's decision.
But not China . . .
I can’t wait for SF to issue “travel documents”. Itineraries must be approved before travel and any passage through banned states will result in seizure of said documents. They could even have agents at airports and train and bus stations to check papers and tickets.
I agree. Stay in your psychotic State if it involves the use of taxpayer dollars.
Is Wisconsin on the list? That’d be hilarious since that’s where the convention is. Being walker was governor for 10 years, I thought maybe.
San Fascist-co, literally
Why Massachusetts? They love killing babies there.
Telling people they can’t travel is an assault on their natural rights, their liberty. If liberals want to be turned into slaves, fine, but don’t tell me where I can or can’t travel.
Republicans who control the meeting locations for those government affiliations should schedule every meeting now in a banned city. There’s really no reason to have to listen to the anti-rational crowd in the insane howler monkey contingent.
>The headline sounds like good news for 22 states.
I know right, I don’t see a downside to this
In fact, the travel ban is doing a favor to those pro-life states.
Those 22 states don't want San Francisco's fecal contamination and liberal ideas anywhere inside their borders.
Good riddance.
those states will now have less exposure to radical liberalism and diseases. Good deal.
I don’t call them the Board of Stupidvisors for nothing.
I’m in one of the banned states, Kentucky. Does this mean Kamala Harris, Andrew Yang, and Tom Steyer won’t campaign here?
Below is the list of states. I have two questions. Why is Massachusetts on the list and how on earth did Missouri not make it on the list?
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
I didn’t see a link to the complete list, I sure hope Missouri is listed. Based on the criteria, we should be and we’re very happy about it.
Sodom and Gamorrah by the Bay
It took some digging to find it, but the list was in the news release at the following link. I guess being in the middle of flyover country, we were overlooked.
You're a dreamer, I like that.
Thanks, SFO! Why didn’t you do this earlier?
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