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Prosecute may be inaccurate, some states have enacted laws that allow for civil suits to be filed in response to abortions, but not necessarily criminal prosecu
by draw_down 3y ago
Prosecute may be inaccurate, some states have enacted laws that allow for civil suits to be filed in response to abortions, but not necessarily criminal prosecution. The idea there was to use those suits to dissuade against abortion rather than outlawing it, but now that Roe has been struck down, states don’t need to go this route.
But I believe there also are states that have passed laws against leaving the state to get an abortion and then returning. I don’t think these have yet been challenged on jurisdictional grounds.