Things ARE getting a bit crazy with the anti-abortion types who ARE forcing MORE Americans to come out and vote against them as a one issue focus….
There IS a civil suit against this….
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) argued in a court filing Wednesday that he can file criminal charges against people who assist those getting abortion care outside the state.
Marshall argued that people who organize travel for those leaving Alabama to receive an abortion, for example, may be participating in a “criminal conspiracy,” because abortion is illegal in the state. Alabama has one of the country’s most strict anti-abortion laws….
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Abortion is illegal in Alabama in nearly all circumstances, including those of rape or incest. State legislators are considering, but have not passed, a law that would allow those who have abortions to be prosecuted with murder.
Health providers also sued the attorney general last month after he explicitly threatened to investigate a provider on felony charges if they aid a person in receiving abortion care.
The clinics suing in that case do not provide abortion care, but they said they are scared to even provide abortion-adjacent care such as counseling or directing women to websites where they could order abortion pills.
In a statement to The Hill last month, Marshall’s office said it “will continue to vigorously enforce Alabama laws protecting unborn life which include the Human Life Protection Act. That includes abortion providers conspiring to violate the Act.”….
Good luck trying to enforce that.
It’s about scaring them….
Criminal charges…..
And the suit means it’s working….
Conservatives Try to Block Travel of Pregnant Women
Washington Post: “More than a year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, many conservatives have grown frustrated by the number of people able to circumvent antiabortion laws — with some advocates grasping for even stricter measures they hope will fully eradicate abortion nationwide.”
“That frustration is driving a new strategy in heavily conservative cities and counties across Texas. Designed by the architects of the state’s ‘heartbeat’ ban that took effect months before Roe fell, ordinances like the one proposed in Llano — where some 80 percent of voters in the county backed President Donald Trump in 2020 — make it illegal to transport anyone to get an abortion on roads within the city or county limits. The laws allow any private citizen to sue a person or organization they suspect of violating the ordinance.”
“Antiabortion advocates behind the measure are targeting regions along interstates and in areas with airports, with the goal of blocking off the main arteries out of Texas and keeping pregnant women hemmed within the confines of their antiabortion state.”
Authoritarians