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Mad_Machine76

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54. There's only two ways to go on this IMHO

Mon May 9, 2022, 09:42 AM

May 2022

1. Not do it at all because it's practically impossible.
2. Go full-on police state, which is never going to be tolerated even in the reddest of red states and I'm not even sure this SCOTUS would back them up.

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Red states are trying to.figure put how to prevent woman from traveling out of state for abortion [View all] Demovictory9 May 2022 OP

tracking periods, perhaps? rurallib May 2022 #1

How about this: woman has abortion in blue state. Returns and has complications in red state Demovictory9 May 2022 #10

very possible rurallib May 2022 #14

NO. It's NOT possible. Haggis 4 Breakfast May 2022 #23

A week ago, I would have agreed with you without question. Today, I am unsure. TomSlick May 2022 #35

ABSOLUTELY possible. This is not a state attempting Maru Kitteh May 2022 #38

But you never be arrested for purchasing a gun in Montana Kaleva May 2022 #56

Missouri wants to do this. xmas74 May 2022 #51

All those years they spent decrying "frivolous lawsuits" was a lie Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #53

CT has already introduced a bill that will protect its citizens xmas74 May 2022 #55

Nice Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #57

Make mailing pills illegal. Imprison the sender and recipient. Irish_Dem May 2022 #27

So many Federal laws to violate to enact that, including interstate commerce not to mention... hlthe2b May 2022 #2

Crossing the border, it will be known as the PADS & PAPERS Law. You need both to leave a state. TheBlackAdder May 2022 #22

You are making a lawyerly argument based on stare decisis. TomSlick May 2022 #36

Further SCOTUS erosion of not decades-long but centuries long precedent will result in hlthe2b May 2022 #44

DeSantis got that covered . .. Lovie777 May 2022 #3

Republicans complain about COVID tests/masks to travel, but will be OK with Preg Tests to travel. TheBlackAdder May 2022 #24

I can't help but think that would run afoul Buns_of_Fire May 2022 #4

I don't think they can...at least at this point LeftInTX May 2022 #5

Long term plan is republican prez and congress to enact fed abortion ban Demovictory9 May 2022 #8

Trying to stop crossing borders won't work. Igel May 2022 #6

This is what Texas is doin with the d_r May 2022 #33

Will run into privacy rights too, these efforts to stop traveling by the public is chock full of SWBTATTReg May 2022 #7

Alito just told us that we don't HAVE any privacy rights, that's the whole point. Volaris May 2022 #11

Mail Rx is a different story! LeftInTX May 2022 #15

Will white women of means be excluded.......of course they will. Meadowoak May 2022 #9

Or if caught and convicted, forced in the local state prison's White Broodmares For Jeebus programme Celerity May 2022 #43

Louisiana wants to call abortion homicide. Which red state will win this competition... Towlie May 2022 #12

Jurisdiction would be the issue if the "crime" took place in another state where it's legal. sop May 2022 #13

With the abortion pill..woman takes pill in blue state. Pregnancy ends a day or 2 later Demovictory9 May 2022 #17

What a nightmare. sop May 2022 #30

Depends on how they word the legislation. If the specific crime is taking an abortion pill In It to Win It May 2022 #37

They will make doctors report pregnancies.... TheRealNorth May 2022 #16

Yep..the uterus, ovaries, menstr. cycle of red state women are going to be monitored Demovictory9 May 2022 #20

Make home pregnancy tests illegal. Irish_Dem May 2022 #28

Period Police manning the highways NickB79 May 2022 #18

I remember when I was a kid Deuxcents May 2022 #34

Ovum Enforcement Brigade aka Squeal Team 6 of Rittenhouse clones will fuck around & find out fast Celerity May 2022 #42

Fugitive Slave Act Redux Hekate May 2022 #19

Gilead here we come! GoldandSilver May 2022 #21

They succeed in this, and my answer would be bluestarone May 2022 #25

Make some women breed while sterilizing immigrants. LakeArenal May 2022 #26

Yes just like Hitler's eugenics program. Irish_Dem May 2022 #29

How about making all women apply to leave their state 90 days in advance. Of course they would doc03 May 2022 #31

Will there be border patrol at every state border? blueinredohio May 2022 #32

Meidas Touch-#GOPHandmaidsTale LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #39

My dad and his generation fought in a war to defeat the jackboot tyranny that we're headed for. Liberal In Texas May 2022 #47

+1 n/t area51 May 2022 #52

How in hell are they planning to enforce this? Fascist pigs! Emile May 2022 #40

Fences and border guards around all red states (men pass unhindered). DFW May 2022 #41

It would seem to be a huge jurisdiction problem. Liberal In Texas May 2022 #45

Religious Liberty Law? NowISeetheLight May 2022 #46

Seems there could be some unintended consequences. Captain Stern May 2022 #48

Let's keep spreading that video far and wide FelineOverlord May 2022 #49

Texas Tribune "If Row falls, they'll focus on ... preventing women from seeking abortions elsewhere" NowsTheTime May 2022 #50

There's only two ways to go on this IMHO Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #54