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In reply to the discussion: Abortion-Travel Bans Are "Next Frontier" With Roe Set to Topple [View all]Bucky
(54,087 posts)And sure, it looks like it's unconstitutional for a state to impose its laws on its citizens when they're out of state. But once they to the point of classifying abortion as murder (and they're already going there in some states) then interstate enforcement of laws kicks into a different gear. They'll find ways to criminalize the organizations helping poor women travel out of state. They'll go after the companies that've pledged to help their employees travel out of state for abortions. They'll start looking for ways to find out when women get pregnant ("Hippa rules don't only apply to the mother, but also to the UNBORN ZYGOTE-AMERICAN SHE'S TRYING TO SLAY!!!" and sundry bullshit like that.) They'll weaponize medical licensing to ensure that doctors and nurses do nothing to inform or aid women in traveling out of state...
Deranged vision of invasion of personal privacy, you say? Sorry, but this is the wrong year and the wrong Supreme Court to say things like "well established and will not be challenged." One thing is clear from Alito's sweeping anti-abortion (not just anti-Roe) language in his decision draft is that he was laying the legal groundwork for protecting all fetuses from abortion.