California governor vetoes bill to make free condoms available for high school students, citing cost
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have made free condoms available to all public high school students.
  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    Well, he said he vetoed the caste discrimination one because it’s already covered by existing laws, so they don’t need a new one

    “We don’t need laws prohibiting discrimination against [minority]! They’re just whining about nothing because our existing laws cover them!”

    I must have missed that one among the 87 articles about each individual veto that have been posted in the last couple of days.

    A lot of unconvincing excuses to keep straight, huh?

    • frickineh@lemmy.world
      71·
      1 year ago

      I mean, yeah, if it’s already prohibited under an existing law, you generally don’t need another one. That’s how laws work, and people do a fair amount of work to remove outdated and duplicate laws because it makes everyone’s job harder when you have to weed through that.