“Californias proud legacy of forward thinking in promoting reproductive freedom”
Eugenics?
The Third Reich's 'proud legacy' of 'forward thinking' in promoting 'ethnic purity.'
Joseph Stalin's 'proud legacy' of 'forward thinking' in promoting 'the glorious revolution.'
Mao Tse-Tung's 'proud legacy' of 'forward thinking' in promoting 'the Great Leap.'
See? If you just coat it in noble-sounding rhetoric, it sounds a lot less like tyranny.