[LAUREN TAYLOR]

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS TAKING AIM AT ARIZONA OVER ABORTION RIGHTS.

HE UNVEILED PLANS TO HELP NEIGHBORING ARIZONANS MORE EASILY GET ABORTIONS FOLLOWING AN ARIZONA SUPREME COURT RULING UPHOLDING A CIVIL-WAR ERA ABORTION BAN.

 NEWSOM IS PRESSING FOR A BILL THAT WOULD FAST-TRACK THE LICENSING PROCESS TO ALLOW ARIZONA ABORTION PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE ABORTIONS IN CALIFORNIA.

THE INITIATIVE IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO ARIZONA’S IMPENDING ABORTION RESTRICTIONS AFTER A 1864 NEAR-TOTAL BAN WAS UPHELD BY THE STATE’S HIGH COURT EARLIER THIS MONTH. 

IT’S SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON MAY 1.

NEWSOM ADDRESSED HIS EFFORTS ON MSNBC.

[GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM]

A BIG PART OF MY FOCUS AND WHY I’M FOCUSED ON ARIZONA, IN PROVIDING DOCTORS FROM ARIZONA THE ABILITY TO COME INTO CALIFORNIA THROUGH EMERGENCY LEGISLATION WE’LL INTRODUCE WITH OUR WOMEN’S CAUCUS THIS WEEK IS TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS AT HAND.

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

EVEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE ARIZONA DECISION WENT TO UPHOLD THE BAN WENT “TOO FAR.”

TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID HE WOULD NOT SIGN A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN AS PRESIDENT.

BUT NEWSOM TOLD MSNBC HE DOESN’T BELIEVE THE LIKELY GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

[GAVIN NEWSOM]

NAAH, HE’S A LIAR. HE’S A LIAR. HE’S NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. HE’LL SAY WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO SAY ON ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

NEWSOM ALSO UNVEILED A NEW TELEVISION AD TARGETING PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN ALABAMA.

ALMOST THERE… WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT. TRUMP REPUBLICANS WANT TO CRIMINALIZE YOUNG WOMEN WHO TRAVEL FOR REPRODUCTIVE CARE. I’M GOING TO NEED YOU STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST. STOP THEM BY TAKING ACTION AT THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL DOT ORG.

THE PROPOSAL WOULD CRIMINALIZE ANYONE HELPING MINORS OBTAIN ABORTIONS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.