Gov. Gavin Newsom, while slamming President Donald Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over cuts to a program offering suicide counseling for LGBTQ+ youth, said Friday he backs a law to put the crisis line’s phone number on the back of all public and middle school identification cards. 

“Suicide is the second leading cause of death among LGBTQ youth,” Newsom said in a statement to Politico. “While the Trump administration walks away from its responsibility, California will continue to expand access to life-saving resources, because the life of every child — straight, gay, trans — is worth fighting for.”

Newsom, a Democrat, spoke out after reports that Kennedy plans to cut funding from the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that provides LGBTQ-specific counseling for young people who call in through a national 988 suicide hotline. 

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