Blatantly unconstitutional. The right to travel is a part of the 'liberty' of which the citizen can not be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment.
If they cared about the rule of law they'd be devastated. Probably hoping the corrupted supreme court will reinterpret more laws to make women and children needlessly suffer.
Plus if there is any federal money in those roads, and there assuredly is, then rules can not be set to prohibit individuals or groups.
I'm pretty sure that the entire interstate highway system was built and is maintained using federal funding, making it very much outside the jurisdiction of the fascists currently in charge of Texas.
Fascists aren't known for obeying laws that don't directly benefit themselves, though..
Yes, the interstate system is entirely federal funded, but state and county road building also dives into the federal pot. These guys in Texas didn't do their due diligence.
Sure they did (and ignored it). They're just hoping nobody else does.
The Party of Small Government, Ladies and Gentlemen. The most grotesque joke since The Aristocrats.
Government so small it can fit in your uterus
For those saying the easy answer is not to talk to the police, just keep in mind the police aren't the only ones you have to worry about.
This law is intended to provide an avenue for conservative nutjobs to report family/neighbors/coworkers to the police. If someone is reported to police under suspicion of receiving an out-of-state abortion, all they'd need is proof that you were pregnant, proof you are no longer pregnant, and geotagged movement/plate tracking on the suspected date(s) you were out of town, which can all be subpoena'd.
If you're a Texan woman seeking abortion, they want you to live every second in fear of those close to you.
Freedom of movement under United States law is governed primarily by the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution which states, "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
This is in clear violation of the 4th amendment.
This is also a violation of the supreme court's decision in 2022
however, hidden in
the Statute, the State acknowledges that the people have a right to engage in
businesses and professions.
John Dalen v. The state.
Numerous United States Supreme
Court decisions have affirmed that the right to travel is a fundamental right,
Constitutionally-protected, and that States cannot convert these rights to
privileges nor make the exercise of a Constitutional right a crime.
Don't bring me down with your facts, logic, and legal precedent. —Lubbock
And the 5th
Texes men don’t want women to leave the house. Just sit there and be a dick hole and a dish washer.
~~Texes men~~ Republicans don’t want women to leave the house. Just sit there and be a dick hole and a dish washer.
As a person who lives in Texas, I assure you that this isn't solely a Texas thing, and I'm not a part of the fascist party.
Honestly, a (thin) majority of Texans who were born here or have lived here for more than a minute aren't, either. It's the recent Conservative transplants from rural California that have kept the Texas GOP in power.
On the bright side, some recent statistics indicate that those same Californians are now moving to Florida instead of Texas, so maybe Abbott and the rest won't be able to rely on that bloc for much longer.
So it’s time to reallocate tracked military vehicles from police departments to Planned Parenthood?
Beyond time we demilitarize the police at least
Still not illegal to use Lubbock roads to leave Texas
This is the best summary I could come up with:
At the helm of legislation and the campaign to ban abortion-related transit in Texas is Mark Lee Dickson, a Christian pastor who began pushing communities to outlaw abortion by declaring themselves "sanctuary cities for the unborn" in 2019.
In response to the ordinance, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas said in a press release emailed to Newsweek the decision adds another layer of complexity to an already challenging landscape for individuals seeking essential healthcare services.
"Texans already live under some of the most restrictive and dangerous abortion bans in the country, yet anti-abortion extremists continue to push additional unnecessary, confusing, and fear-inducing barriers to essential healthcare," Autumn Keiser, Spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas said.
"With high rates of uninsured residents and sexually transmitted infections in Lubbock County, Planned Parenthood is focused on ensuring that Texans can access high-quality, affordable healthcare safely and without the stigma and judgment that these political ordinances create," Keiser added.
"We're going to make sure that there are political and electoral consequences for this," Rachel O'Leary Carmona, executive director of the Women's March activist organization, told Reuters.
In response to the May 2021 decision in Lubbock, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas said in a press release, "The Lubbock ordinance approved on May 1, 2021 establishes an abortion ban for Lubbock residents, creating significant barriers and the need to travel a minimum 600 mile round trip or out of state to obtain an abortion...Access to healthcare services, including abortion, should not be determined by someone's zip code, especially when these restrictions will disproportionately impact low income women and women of color.
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