Republican demands "stronger laws" to stop women from leaving state to get abortions

[ck4829]

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is expressing interest in supporting a piece of legislation that would prohibit women from leaving the state to receive abortion treatment.

During a recent appearance on "The Pat Miller Show," Banks floated desire for stricter federal regulations to further restrict access to abortion care.

At one point during the discussion, Miller offered an example of a scenario where women could circumvent laws in one state by traveling to another state to have the procedure done.

"Our work as a pro-life movement is far from over," Miller said. "If a young lady can hop in a car in Fort Wayne and in an hour and a half she can be in a place in Michigan or in just under 3 hours, she could cross the line into Illinois and achieve what she was able to do with abortion clinics here in Indiana. The fight is far from over."

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/25/demands-stronger-laws-to-stop-women-from-leaving-state-to-get-abortions_partner/

[Ocelot II]

1. Armed guards to administer pregnancy tests at every state border?

Or maybe women between 12 and 50 should be prohibited from leaving the state altogether?

[ck4829]

5. Let's just remember that borders work both ways

If they don't want women to leave their states because of the possibility of abortion, then maybe we should say shoplifters and potheads don't leave abortion-friendly states by way of extradition.

[bluedigger]

6. Potheads?

When did theft and smoking pot become equivalent?

[ck4829]

7. Any non-violent crime. Any crime or "crime" that is not violent OR victimless.

[Gore1FL]

2. I wonder how long it will take them to realize they would need to repeal Article 4.

For the party that claims to love the Constitution, its amazing how short they come when it comes to knowing what is in it.

[PortTack]

14. Exactly...even their big SCOTUS pick kavanaugh says they can't do that.

[newdayneeded]

16. He says one thing but then rules another

[PortTack]

24. They aren't going to repeal the 4th amendment...that's what it would take

[CrispyQ]

3. And you thought overturning RvW got women out to vote?

Just fucking wait, you sanctimonious assholes. Now you're telling us we can't go where we want? What's next? Monthly state pregnancy tests? Shackles?

Note how he specified a young lady. They have a very specific image of the women they think get abortions, young, sexually active women. They are so envious of the power attractive women have. Same as it ever was.

[appalachiablue]

11. +1

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Can we start substituting a "T" for the "R" after their names? T for Taliban.

[Aristus]

8. Not content with destroying the peaceful transfer of power thing, now they're going after the

free travel from state to state, no papers thing.

[Fullduplexxx]

9. They do this while crying about their freedoms being taken away

[Johnny2X2X]

10. I knew it

They weren't ever going to stop until they had complete control over women. It's the American Taliban. They won't stop until women have to check themselves into prisons for the duration of their pregnancies.

[DBoon]

12. The right to control your own body stems from the right to personal privacy

Once you no longer have the right to control you body, other forms of privacy inevitably disappear.

[Chellee]

13. Welcome to Indiana. This is what its like here.

Also know that Banks routinely wins his seat with 66% of the vote and that in 2024 he's running for Senate. He does not have an opponent yet. He does, however, have a lot of notable endorsements.

Endorsements:

Executive branch officials
Stephen Miller, former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump (2017–2021)

U.S. Senators
Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (2015–present)
Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator from Florida (2010–present)

U.S. Representatives
Larry Bucshon, U.S. Representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district (2011–present)
Ronny Jackson, U.S. Representative for Texas's 13th congressional district (2021–present)
Elise Stefanik, U.S. Representative for New York's 21st congressional district (2015–present)

Individuals
Mark Levin, lawyer, author, radio and television host

Organizations
Club for Growth
Turning Point Action

[Oneironaut]

15. Florida has created a Ministry of Truth for books. How soon until

pregnant women are forced to wear GPS ankle brackets that broadcast their position to the police at all times?

We’re sliding full speed into a ChristoFascist state.

[LastDemocratInSC]

20. I wonder if those people will be content to live in a land created in their own image?

[Chellee]

21. Have you ever read the book Ella Minnow Pea?

It describes that very situation. Totalitarianism, an increasingly nonsensical government, and how the population copes (or not) and responds. Its fabulous, and very apropos for our times.

Ella Minnow Pea is by Mark Dunn. The full title is Ella Minnow Pea: a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable.

[LastDemocratInSC]

22. Thank you, I'm going to order it today.

The description on Amazon is interesting:

"Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

"Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island’s Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop. As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. The result is "a love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere" (Myla Goldberg, bestselling author of Bee"

[themaguffin]

17. It's pandering and as with the last 50 yrs, they need to have regular headlines that say

"GOP vote on abortion bill" etc.

[OAITW r.2.0]

18. Who will be the 1st Republican to offer up legislation for mandatory weekly

pregnancy tests for all women of child bearing age? You can save those blastokids if you don't know they are there.

[Initech]

19. God these people are disgusting assholes.

[dalton99a]

23. Kick

[Kennah]

25. #GileadRising

[Deep State Witch]

26. Sounds Like They Want To Update the Mann Act

To keep women from "being transported across state lines for immoral purposes."

https://www.npr.org/2008/03/11/88104308/the-long-colorful-history-of-the-mann-act