Politics & Government
Oakland Council Passes Resolution To Make City Pro-Choice Sanctuary
"Healthcare is a human right," said City Council President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao. "The City of Oakland stands behind anyone who needs it."
May 18, 2022
The Oakland city council has unanimously passed a resolution to make Oakland a sanctuary city for women seeking abortions, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan announced on Tuesday evening.
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The resolution is in response to the potential that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, which was decided in 1973 and made abortion legal in the U.S. Two weeks ago, a leak by the high court suggested it was going to overturn the landmark decision.
The resolution says that Oakland is a right-to-choose city, demands that state and county leaders provide enough money for abortions and other reproductive health care and encourages national leaders to codify in federal law the right to an abortion.
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