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California lawmakers are preparing to vote on a budget that would allow up\u00a0to $20 million of the state’s\u00a0\u201cAbortion Practical Support Fund\u201d to pay for out-of-state women to travel to the state to receive abortions.<\/p>\n

Although Governor Gavin Newsom had originally restricted the money for in-state use only, abortion advocates heavily lobbied for the change. On August 26, Newsom and top lawmakers added an amendment<\/a> to the state budget allowing taxpayer money to be spent on out-of-state abortions.<\/p>\n

Jodi Hicks,\u00a0CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, told the Associated Press<\/a> that the state’s intention to become one of the primary abortion destinations in the country was moot if it didn’t also offer women financial help to get there.<\/p>\n

READ: California prepares to offer chemical abortions on college campuses<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNone of that matters if we\u2019re not also ensuring that patients can get to where they need to go,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cEveryone deserves to get health care, including abortion, and unfortunately for half the country they need to travel outside the state they live in in order to get that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the Governor has stated, California is doing its part, but we cannot do it all \u2014 private donations and philanthropy will be critical to these efforts,\u201d Newsom spokesperson Alex Stack said. \u201cWe all need to step up to support women who are being denied reproductive freedoms by their state governments and are forced to come to California for abortion care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonathan Keller, president of the California Family Council, decried the budgeting decision. \u201cThe idea that the most pressing use of state funds would be to pay for people from red states to fly here to have abortions on the California taxpayer dime is really just a travesty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The budgetary move would further cement the state’s status as an “abortion hub<\/a>.” In recent months lawmakers have taken a number of steps to increase abortion in the state, including\u00a0\u00a0offering\u00a0incentives<\/a> for medical students to become abortionists,\u00a0allowing minors to\u00a0use their parents\u2019 insurance for secret abortions<\/a>, eliminating\u00a0copays for abortions<\/a>, and passing\u00a0state-wide laws<\/a>\u00a0restricting the free speech of peaceful pro-lifers.<\/p>\n

CBS News reports<\/a> that lawmakers will vote on the budget amendment in the upcoming week.<\/p>\n

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California lawmakers are preparing to vote on a budget that would allow up\u00a0to $20 million of the state’s\u00a0\u201cAbortion Practical Support Fund\u201d to pay for out-of-state women to travel to the state to receive abortions. Although Governor Gavin Newsom had originally restricted the money for in-state use only, abortion advocates heavily lobbied for the change. 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