After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a Texas state law that bans most abortions there, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll push for a new California law that will bar the manufacture and sale of assault rifles in the state. “I am outraged by yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’ ban on most abortion services to remain in place, and largely endorsing Texas’ scheme to insulate its law from the fundamental protections of Roe v. Wade,” Newsom said in a statement Saturday night. Newsom said he was directing his staff to work with the state Legislature and Atty. Rob Bonta on a new law that would allow private citizens to sue manufacturers or distributors of assault weapons.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 12, 2021 04:59 UTC