Newsom Arizona abortion play fuels potential 2028 matchup

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Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) latest attempt to give Arizona doctors cover to conduct abortions in California marks another subtle notch on the governor’s possible presidential bid in 2028. The California governor proposed legislation that would circumvent a ruling from Arizona’s Supreme Court upholding a Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions. As the nation struggles with how to regulate abortion access, Newsom’s proposal also allows Democrats to keep abortion access in Arizona, one of the seven important battleground states, at the national forefront amid an election year. It also keeps him in the spotlight as one of the leading abortion...