{"id":156780,"date":"2016-11-16T15:27:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=156780"},"modified":"2016-11-16T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:27:39","slug":"california-politicians-peddle-fear-vow-to-fight-trump-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-politicians-peddle-fear-vow-to-fight-trump-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"California politicians peddle fear, vow to fight Trump on abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Pro-abortion politicians in California are striking a defiant tone in the wake of Donald Trump&#8217;s election to become the next President of the United States, vowing to fight any pro-life reforms he and the Republican Congress may enact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President-elect Trump\u2019s statements and policies threaten to restrict our freedoms, cut off our healthcare, affect our economy and the pocketbooks of working families, and drag us back to an era of back alley abortions,&#8221;\u00a0California Legislative Women&#8217;s Caucus Chair, state\u00a0Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara)\u00a0declared.\u00a0&#8220;While our abortion rights will remain protected here in California due to the strength of our state laws and Constitution, we will remain vigilant in speaking out against any Supreme Court nominee who will overturn our hard-fought American freedoms and impact the economic security of working families.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleAd1\"><!-- \/1011927\/LAN_300_by_250_top_article --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1473179053567-0\" class=\"ArticleAd1a\"><script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1473179053567-0'); });\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Live Action News has covered, Trump <a href=\"\/news\/trump-endorses-permanent-ban-on-taxpayer-abortion-funding-names-sba-list-president-to-pro-life-coalition\/\">campaigned<\/a>\u00a0on a series of pro-life pledges, including overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> through originalist Supreme Court nominees, defunding the abortion industry,\u00a0signing the 20-week abortion ban into law, and restoring tax-exempt churches\u2019 right to engage in political speech and activity. He <a href=\"\/news\/trump-to-60-minutes-the-judges-will-be-pro-life\/\">reiterated<\/a> his promise of pro-life judges after the election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prochoiceamerica.org\/assets\/download-files\/2015-who-decides.pdf\">NARAL<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aul.org\/2015-life-list\">Americans United for Life<\/a> agree that California is one of the most pro-abortion states in the country, meaning abortion is all but certain to remain legal, largely-unregulated, and taxpayer-funded in the state long after a <a href=\"\/news\/panicked-abortion-advocates-worry-roe-v-wades-days-numbered\/\">possible overturn of <em>Roe<\/em><\/a>. However, if and when that happens, the national debate could refocus on a federal abortion ban, whether through an act of Congress or a constitutional amendment. In the wake of the 2016 elections, Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2016\/11\/16\/no-republicans-dont-control-enough-states-to-change-the-constitution-but-its-close\/\">one state legislature shy<\/a> of the 34 required to amend the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The organization&#8217;s vice-chair, Democrat state Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, added, &#8220;We will vigorously uphold our long-held commitment to ensuring all women retain control over their bodies, healthcare and livelihoods,&#8221;\u00a0and\u00a0raised the possibility of the Trump administration cutting federal funding for cancer screenings and birth control.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"\/news\/trump-endorses-permanent-ban-on-taxpayer-abortion-funding-names-sba-list-president-to-pro-life-coalition\/\">has endorsed<\/a>\u00a0permanent bans on taxpayer funding for both abortion and Planned Parenthood, but\u00a0cancer screenings are a red herring, as Planned Parenthood performs <a href=\"\/news\/new-video-debunks-planned-parenthoods-3-percent-abortion-myth\/\">less than two percent<\/a> of\u00a0women&#8217;s cancer screenings in the United States, and <a href=\"\/news\/mammosham-watch-the-viral-video-exposing-planned-parenthood-false-mammogram-claims\/\">does not perform any mammograms<\/a>, despite falsely claiming to in the past:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qtgqxvaV-8U\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Planned Parenthood has approximately 650 facilities in the United States. 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