“Texas Doesn’t Own Your Body. You Do”: Newsom Places Provocative Abortion Access Billboard Ads In 7 Red States
deadline.comWith Gavin Newsom currently holding a 27-point lead in the race for California’s top office, the Golden State governor — who continues to deny national political ambitions — is again leveraging his campaign war chest to confront Republican governors in their own states.Today, Newsom unveiled three billboard ads that were to be were placed in seven Red States: Texas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Oklahoma. “Just launched billboards in 7 of the most restrictive anti-abortion states that explain how women can access care–no matter where they live,” he wrote on Twitter, before championing the right to choose: “To any woman seeking an abortion in these anti-freedom states: CA will defend your right to make decisions about your own health.”NEW: Just launched billboards in 7 of the most restrictive anti-abortion states that explain how women can access care–no matter where they live.
To any woman seeking an abortion in these anti-freedom states: CA will defend your right to make decisions about your own health.— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 15, 2022The ads tout California’s new abortion access website, abortion.CA.gov, which helps women understand the procedure, find providers and access financial aid.Here is one of them:What’s more, Newsom’s post contains tweets at each of the states’ Republican governors with a photo of the applicable billboard and a message for each politician.“@tatereeves the people of Mississippi deserve to know they have access to the care you are refusing to provide.
This will be launching in your state today,” he wrote to Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, whose state law banning abortions after 15 weeks provided the basis for the U.S.
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