California Gov. Gavin Newsom said women seeking abortions are welcome to come to his state to have the procedure.

The Democrat’s invitation comes amid a handful of states seeking to limit abortion rights in recent months.

Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ohio passed laws banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Missouri passed a ban on abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. Missouri, Alabama, and Louisiana do not allow exemptions in instances of rape or incest.

Newsom signed a proclamation Friday “welcoming women to California” to “fully exercise their reproductive rights,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

Abortion rights are protected in the California Constitution. The state legalized abortion in 1967, years before the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion nationwide.

Newsom and Democratic Govs. Kate Brown of Oregon and Jay Inslee of Washington, who is also a 2020 presidential candidate, urged other states to pass laws protecting abortion rights.

“In the absence of federal leadership on this issue, states must step up and put in place their own protections — both in statute and in their state constitutions, and through the expansion of family planning and education — to defend every American’s right to reproductive freedom,” the governors said in a joint statement Friday.