New ordinances would ban driving through cities and counties en route to abortion care
abc13.com
The latest strategy engineered by the Right to Life group comes amid growing frustrations about the number of women who are going out of state for an abortion.

Yup, boarder towns in red states are going to start stopping women as they travel through their towns to make sure they aren’t pregnant.

  • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    First, let me say that I agree this is a much better example.

    One caveat would be purchasing Cannabis in a state where it is legal, and then transporting the Cannabis back into a state where it is illegal. That could subject a person who made a legal purchase to criminal charges.

    That same logic could be used to justify charging a person for seeking an abortion or reproductive health care in a state where it is legal, and then returning to a state where it is illegal.

    Again, I am not justifying this whatsoever. I think this is heinous, unethical, and clearly a violation of civil liberties among other things. However, playing devil’s advocate here by pointing out some of the sticky argumentation around the edges that can and will be deployed to allow for this kind of post-hoc justification for criminal charges.