Candidates provide their stances on whether California should extradite abortion providers criminally charged in other states
In a lightning round, candidates were asked to respond to yes or no to the question: Would you extradite a California-based physician for sending abortion pills across state lines?
The candidates were split around party lines, with Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton saying they would, and Democrats Antonio Villaraigosa, Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Tom Steyer and Katie Porter saying they would not.
The question stemmed from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision in January to block Louisiana’s attempt to extradite a doctor in California accused of mailing abortion pills.
The candidates’ responses at the debate followed a ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court that maintained mail order access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
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