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In theory no, but the devil is in the detail: Can they prosecute you for leaving the state to do something that would be illegal in the home state? Can they p
by LatteLazy 4y ago
In theory no, but the devil is in the detail: Can they prosecute you for leaving the state to do something that would be illegal in the home state? Can they prosecute you for helping someone leave the state for the to do something illegal in the home state?
Texas's law lets people sue each other for those acts and usually you can sue someone in one state under that state's laws and expect the judgement to be enforced in other states
Plenty of states have now passed such laws to try to ban abortion.
Whether they are enforceable will end up with SCOTUS. But SCOTUS is the same institution that reversed Roe vs Wade. So I would not expect them to take a practical or precedent based approach to the question "can I go to a blue state to get an abortion if I am pregnant in a red state"...
- thriftwy 4y ago"Can they prosecute you for leaving the state to do something that would be illegal in the home state" The answer is overwhelmingly "no". It is not legal to gamble in most jurisdictions, but noone is persecuted for going to casino in an area where those are allowed.