Sorta interesting legal question
I don’t see how a state can restrict the movement of its residents. But what do I know.
Would it have to involve monitoring individuals? A state-wide surveillance of women?
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/29/abortion-state-lines/
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The 'individual freedom" party strikes again.
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Don’t like it BUT best arguments might be civil extending parental rights to a father or the state
Other parent possibly get an injunction barring movement if known purpose of travel is abortion.
In extreme cases, the state might exercise an in loco parentis right.
In either case, might also give rise to civil penalties. But if a fetus has “rights” absolutely or at a particular point (viability??) then crossing state lines to kill a living being wouldn’t necessarily absolve you in your state.
My State can do nothing to me about stuff I did in Las Vegas.
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Yes, but "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is a Constitutional right...
I'm almost certain.
Falls under the pursuit of happiness clause.
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Sounds like a natural emanation among the penumbra of rights, something, something.
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It's akin to your Miranda Rights.
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Miranda!...coming up on Stage 2! (We were talking about Vegas, right?)
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Hahahahahaha...
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The answer may be found in here
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Link: M. E. A.
Seems like the domain of the Feds.
The US does make it illegal to travel to a foreign country to do something illegal (e.g., have sex with a minor), but I'm not sure any states do that.
Traveling across state lines has always been a federal offense, I think, not a state offense. (Granted, I'm not an expert in criminal law.)
Seems like there are a lot of articles now speculating how things can be taken to the extremes, to fan the flames. Seeing the same with the football prayer case...you know, handmaid tale stuff. I don't even read the articles, because the headlines are like Babylon bee headlines.
From the Kavenaugh concurrence
Second, as I see it, some of the other abortion-related le- gal questions raised by today’s decision are not especially difficult as a constitutional matter. For example, may a State bar a resident of that State from traveling to another State to obtain an abortion? In my view, the answer is no based on the constitutional right to interstate travel.
Not a snowballs chance in hell... for travel resrictions or moniitoring.
What legal moron even suggests such nonsense?
Zero chance of passing legal test.
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