WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke with a group of Democratic governors on Tuesday to discuss their concerns about new state laws restricting abortion access, the White House said..
The call came as several states have passed laws that would ban or severely restrict abortion, including Texas, where a new law went into effect on Wednesday that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy..
The governors on the call included:.
* Gavin Newsom of California.
* J.B. Pritzker of Illinois.
* Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
* Kate Brown of Oregon.
* Jay Inslee of Washington.
* Roy Cooper of North Carolina.
* Phil Murphy of New Jersey.
The White House said in a statement that the governors .
