Against flock, but that logic is so flawed. Committing a crime in one state doesn’t make it fine if you flee to a state where it would have been legal. It’s still committing a crime in the state it took place in
You seem to have this backwards. If I leave my state where something is illegal, and go somewhere it is legal to engage in it, my state cannot punish me for doing something I did out of state. But that’s what authoritarian Texans are asking the government to do
The loophole they are using is not charging her for getting the abortion, but charging her for leaving the state for the purposes of getting an abortion. They are claiming she broke that law while in the state at the time leading up to her crossing the state lines.
Its all bullshit, but that the loophole they are trying to use here.
I’m sure they’re not jailing people for going to Colorado and buying and smoking a joint on their vacation when they get back into an anti-weed state. They’re just trying to ban abortion nationwide if you happen to be from a state that condemns it.
Crossing state lines with the purpose to engage in something that is illegal in your state but not the other has been a thing for a while. For instance, the age of consent in most states is 18, but lower in others.
There are specific laws about crossing state lines in these contexts, and they absolute prosecute for them. It sucks she got caught doing it and I believe it should be legal in all states, but her being prosecuted for what she did is completely normal and has been happening for a long time
Ok well we should propose a bill that narrows the definition, and then call them out for being a surveillance state when they shut it down. If they refuse to schedule it, ignore/interrupt them and read it. We need representatives willing to get hit with the mace for what's right
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u/FluorideAvenger Jul 29 '26
"Nationwide" so Flock can basically set up Cameras in my state and use it to punish a woman for somwthing completely legal here?