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LZ Granderson: Newsom's ads against red states' abortion travel bans aren't just a stunt

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 2, 2023.

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the issue of abortion travel bans was addressed, and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was clear: They are unconstitutional.

That didn't stop local travel bans from popping up in Texas less than a year later. Since then Idaho has passed a law, and Oklahoma and Mississippi are debating following suit. Tennessee officials not only want to make a felony if a parent did not consent, they also want to make sharing information about abortion laws of other states illegal.

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