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.

    • Kittenstix@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Better comparison is

      Weed smokers don’t get charged for driving across state lines to buy and smoke pot in a legal state.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        6·
        1 year ago

        You don’t think prosecutors add charges when someone commits a crime? Why do you think Trump is being charged with multiple things?

        I have never heard of the charge of ‘driving to a crime’ being added.

        But feel free to show that driving to a bank robbery is a federal crime. I would like to see that law please.

        • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          I think what the previous poster was attempting to say is that crossing state lines in the commission of a crime can get you charged with additional crimes. That was the similarity to this specific example in relation to traveling for an abortion or reproductive health care. I just don’t think the bank robbery example was very good.

          • Kittenstix@lemmy.world
            4·
            1 year ago

            Ok but the better analog here is driving across state lines to smoke weed, you can’t stop someone from doing that, even though it is a crime in the state you live in.

            and that is a federal crime, but you still won’t get charged for it.

            • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 year 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.