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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh yes the right will stop free travel between the states because they can. There will be check points and demands for papers at the border of the red states. SCOTUS will rubber stamp this. [/quote]

No court would uphold that. [/quote]

How do you figure that? [/quote]

There is nothing anywhere or anytime in U.S. Constitutional history that would allow states to do that. Millions of people cross state lines every day. Think about rush hour in NYC, DC, Philly, Chicago, and many more cities. Airlines, Amtrak, etc. A fascist state couldn’t do it without shutting down interstate commerce. It isn’t logistically or legally possible for states to block people from leaving. The real laws they are enacting are enough to get riled up about. [/quote]

I agree with you that some of these - pregnancy tests to drive over state lines, ankle monitoring, etc. won't come to pass but the point is there are laws that could be put in place that are harmful and terrifying. The most effective ones would be the bounty type laws already in place in TX (so the posters trying to gaslight us into thinking we are being hysterical can STFU because those laws are in the books). A provider could be too scared to help a pregnant woman in another state, because of restrictive laws, so even though a person in a red state COULD physically travel to across states freely, it could still be difficult to get an abortion.

And if you are too afraid to look up where you can get an abortion, or take off work at the restaurant where people suspect you have morning sickness....for fear of being reported....that would be enough to have a chilling effect.[/quote]

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