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Texas counties are passing ordinances banning travel on highways for out of state abortions. Expect to see this used for families taking trans youth to get care out of state as well next year. (nitter.salastil.com)

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Texas highways targeted by antiabortion activists seeking to block interstate travel

A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

good luck with enforcing that

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

Texas will find a way. They can have some wackadoodle Texas GOP judge review the situation. And they will claim some nonsense like "the mother is undertaking preborn kidnapping". And then the ruling can go up the GOP legal foodchain until it finally reaches the GOP justices on the supreme court.

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

The enforcement will come through targeted vexatious litigation and criminal sanction. Its what they did to Food Not Bombs down in Houston. Just single out members of the organization with a bunch of fines and citations, and drown them in legal costs.