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Its not immediately obvious to me why this would not fall afoul of regulating interstate commerce being left to the federal government. Abortions (like all hea
by jsmith45 4y ago
Its not immediately obvious to me why this would not fall afoul of regulating interstate commerce being left to the federal government.
Abortions (like all healthcare) are indisputably a commercial activity. And if somebody is traveling across state lines to do it, then it is obviously interstate commercial activity.
States are not allowed to regulate interstate commercial activity. (This is the so called "Dormant Commerce Clause").
- alwillis 4y agoFrom the article: Like a Texas law passed last year, the bill puts enforcement in the hands of residents, who could file lawsuits against those they believe have violated it. It gets around the state regulating interstate commerce by having residents—not the state itself—enforce it, which is what Texas has been doing for 10 months now.