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Rev. Franklin Graham Condemns San Francisco Ban on Travel to Pro-Life States

posted onOctober 24, 2019
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Article snippet: As CNSNews.com observed, Graham posted to Facebook on Tuesday: According to a press release from the office of Mayor London Breed last week, effective January 1, 2020, San Francisco will end “city-funded travel” to and “contracting” with 22 states that have enacted abortion restrictions. As a result of an ordinance authored by Supervisor Vallie Brown, the city will not do business with those states “because of their severe anti-choice policies.” “Every day in this country, women’s reproductive rights are threatened, and we have to fight back,” Breed said in a statement. “Just as we restricted spending with states that have laws that discriminate against LGBTQ people, we are standing up against states that put women’s health at risk and that are actively working to limit reproductive freedoms.” “By limiting travel and contracting with certain states, we are sending a clear message to states that disregard the right to abortion,” she added. Breed’s office said the city’s Department on the Status of Women decided the list of banned states based on a review of their abortion laws. The states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. According to the press statement, nine of the states have already been on the “banned” list because their LGBTQ laws appeared to be discri... Link to the full article to read more

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