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SACRAMENTO (LifeSiteNews) — California’s radically pro-abortion Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing to make the Golden State a “sanctuary” for abortion, opting to put up billboards in pro-life states promoting the ease with which women can kill their babies in California. Critics have blasted the effort as “evil” and “shameful,” particularly as some signs quote Scripture to justify the murder of preborn babies.
The moves come days after Gov. Newsom, a self-professed Catholic, announced the launch of a taxpayer-funded abortion resource website encouraging women in pro-life states to travel to California to legally kill their babies.
Newsom, who is running for re-election this year, announced the decision to run the billboards in a Thursday tweet, claiming that the Golden State “will defend” abortion-seeking women’s “right to make decisions about your own health” against the pro-life laws enacted in so-called “anti-freedom states.”
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, 2022
Newsom said the billboards will go up in seven pro-life states: Texas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Oklahoma.
The signs, which are paid for by Newsom’s re-election campaign, contain messages informing pregnant women that their pro-life state “doesn’t own your body” and directing them to California’s abortion website: www.abortion.CA.gov.
RELATED: California gov. Gavin Newsom announces taxpayer-funded abortion resource website
Billboards slated to go up in Mississippi and Oklahoma differ from the signs planned for the other states, and inform women that “California is ready to help” if they “need an abortion.”
The signs also contain a quotation from the Gospel of Mark 12:31, which reads: “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these.”
@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. pic.twitter.com/8qg7psYT2j
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 15, 2022
Former Republican congressional candidate David Giglio blasted Newsom for the ad campaign in a Thursday tweet, highlighting a litany of issues the governor should be tackling rather than inviting women to visit California to kill their children.
“‘Good Catholic’ @GavinNewsom is now using Bible scriptures to encourage women to come to California to abort their babies. A truly shameful display,” Giglio said. “Meanwhile, in CA crime continues to skyrocket, the cost of living is out of control, and the state can’t even keep the lights on.”
Author and political consultant Buzz Patterson similarly argued that “[u]sing Bible scripture to promote killing babies tourism” is “[a]bhorrent and evil.”
Meanwhile, one Twitter user suggested that Newsom include another Bible verse in his campaign ads: Deuteronomy 5:17.
Taken from the 10 Commandments, the verse reads simply: “You shall not murder.”
Care to include Deuteronomy 5:17?
— Oceanic Conquest (@ConquestOceanic) September 16, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's flippant disregard for the unborn has reached a new low amid her unfounded claims about abortion restrictions — all while claiming to be a Catholic.
Now, Speaker Pelosi has ventured into the absurd, ironically labelling the pro-life movement's goal of restricting abortions and saving the unborn as "sinful."
LifeSiteNews reported the full event that brought about her comments:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has once again criticized the pro-life movement, calling its efforts to save unborn babies “sinful.”
Pelosi made the remarks during a “roundtable discussion,” which took place at the University of California in San Francisco to mark “Women’s Equality Day” last Friday.
“The fact that this is such an assault [sic] on women of color and…lower income families is just sinful. It’s sinful,” Pelosi said about abortion restrictions.
Speaker Pelosi's moral compass has been inverted, accusing the pro-life movement an offense to God.
It is "sinful," according to Pelosi, that we defend life in the womb.
It is "sinful," according to Pelosi, that we protect young, vulnerable, and desperate women from the pain and remorse that follows abortion.
It is "sinful," according to Pelosi, that we protect the least among us — the unborn — by finally abolishing the abortion industry.
Pelosi is completely backwards, having clearly lost sight of the truly sinful and horrendous act of abortion.
Send a clear message to Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Catholics demand an apology for her perverse comments calling the pro-life movement's goal of abolishing abortion "sinful."
SIGN OUR PETITION DEMANDING A FULL APOLOGY NOW.
"We the undersigned demand a public apology, and await your public retraction of such a wild accusation."
P.S. — Nancy Pelosi has gotten away with using her faith as a shield for the most terrible leftwing policies, including abortion. By raising your voice with us, we will send a clear message that she can no longer use Christianity as cover for her disgusting far-left plans!
Newsom’s controversial ad campaign is far from the only move the radically pro-abortion governor and his Democrat-dominated legislature have made as the abortion landscape in America shifts considerably in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Earlier this year, in anticipation of Roe’s demise, Newsom allocated $125 million to expand abortion access in the state. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Newsom joined neighbors Oregon and Washington in a multi-state pact to ensure women can still kill their unborn babies on the West Coast of the United States.
“The Supreme Court has made it clear – they want to strip women of their liberty and let Republican states replace it with mandated birth because the right to choose an abortion is not ‘deeply rooted in history,’” Newsom said, vowing that he and his fellow West Coast governors “will fight like hell to protect our rights and our values.”
READ: West Coast states launch joint commitment to be abortion ‘safe haven’ following Roe ruling
Earlier this month, the California legislature passed a radical pro-abortion law that will expand abortion access, prohibit investigation into the death of an unborn child, and provide legal protections for anyone who obtains or helps someone obtain an abortion.
Pro-abortion California legislators are also working to create an amendment enshrining the “right” to abortion into the state constitution and launch a fund using taxpayer dollars to help bankroll abortions for nonresident women.
In contrast to California’s full-throttle abortion activism, a growing number of U.S. states have moved to enact protections for the preborn.
On Friday, West Virginia’s Republican governor signed a sweeping pro-life bill banning nearly all abortions from the moment of implantation.
LifeSiteNews is maintaining an interactive map of the states that have implemented legal safeguards for babies in the womb. The map and detailed descriptions of the laws can be accessed here.