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Gabrielle Canon

‘We will fight like hell’: US western states band together to protect abortion rights

Gavin Newsom stands in front of a lectern bearing the seal of the governor of California.
Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, joined with governors in Oregon and Washington to make their states a haven for those seeking abortions. Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

The Democratic state governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued a new commitment to enshrine abortion rights across the west coast on Friday, as the US grappled with the supreme court’s ruling removing the federal right to abortion.

Calling their states a “a safe haven for all people seeking abortions and other reproductive health care services”, the California governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon governor Kate Brown and Washington governor Jay Inslee pledged to defend access to reproductive healthcare and protect those who cross their borders from other states seeking care.

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