{"id":307978,"date":"2024-03-05T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307978"},"modified":"2024-03-05T22:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T04:14:52","slug":"media-covers-gavin-newsom-refuses-abortion-limited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-covers-gavin-newsom-refuses-abortion-limited\/","title":{"rendered":"Media covers for Gavin Newsom&#8217;s pro-abortion extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>California Governor Gavin Newsom is widely rumored to be running for president in 2028, and given Newsom&#8217;s commitment to all things <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gavin-newsom-abortion-policies-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-abortion<\/a>, it&#8217;s a worrying thought. In addition to turning California into a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-abortion-sanctuary-abortions-skyrocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctuary for abortion<\/a>, Newsom has been on a media blitz promoting it.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/tierin-rose-mandelburg\/2024\/02\/26\/gov-newsom-defends-unrestricted-abortion-meet-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearance<\/a>, moderator Kristen Welker quizzed Newsom on his new series of ads <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-ad-campaign-pro-life-laws-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacking pro-life states<\/a>. \u201cLet me press you though, Governor; do you think there is a week that access to abortion should be banned?\u201d Welker asked. Newsom refused to name a point at which preborn children should be protected from abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve established that firmly in the context of what states are doing like California where we established a constitutional right to access abortion,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;At the end of the day, I think that&#8217;s a determination for women and their doctors \u2014 &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At any week?&#8221; Welker interjected, only for Newsom to continue talking as if Welker hadn&#8217;t asked for more specifics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; \u2014 as it relates to the issue in California, we&#8217;ve established that firmly in the state constitution. As it relates to getting into the debate around late-term abortion, that&#8217;s a complete canard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/585718\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to know what Newsom means by referring to late-term abortions as a &#8220;complete canard,&#8221; considering the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washington-post-misleads-late-term-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facts<\/a> about the issue. Depending on what one considers to be a late-term abortion \u2014 either in the second or third trimester \u2014 <em>at least<\/em> 10,000 preborn lives are ended in the third trimester by late-term abortion each year; in the second trimester, that number rises to nearly 75,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p>Though Welker displayed journalistic integrity by pressing Newsom on a tough issue, Newsbusters <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/tim-graham\/2024\/02\/26\/newsbusters-podcast-kristen-welkers-decent-abortion-question-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the exchange was ultimately <em>left out<\/em> of the Sunday airing of the show. While the full interview was on YouTube, the show&#8217;s primary audience would have missed it. Clearly, this was a conscious decision not to publicize Newsom&#8217;s extreme beliefs on abortion, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/recent-poll-favor-restrictions-killing-preborn-children\/\">which are not popular with the American public at large<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has spent his career promoting extreme pro-abortion policies, including requiring all 11 University of California campuses and 23 California State University campuses to commit chemical abortions at on-campus health centers, making it easier for children to undergo abortions without parental knowledge or consent, and even threatening to boycott Walgreens for abiding by laws in pro-life states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/ARQQhk1\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom is widely rumored to be running for president in 2028, and given Newsom&#8217;s commitment to all things pro-abortion, it&#8217;s a worrying thought. In addition to turning California into a sanctuary for abortion, Newsom has been on a media blitz promoting it. 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