'Just because you jump across a state line doesn't mean your home state doesn't have jurisdiction.'
Several national anti-abortion advocacy groups and lawmakers in Republican-led states are pushing forward with plans to block people from crossing state lines to seek the procedure elsewhere.
The National Association of Christian Lawmakers, an anti-abortion organization led by Republican state legislators, has also begun working with the authors of the Texas abortion ban, thereported. The group is exploring model legislation that would restrict people from crossing state lines for abortions.
What's more, the legislation could have a chilling effect on doctors, who may stop performing abortions on people from other states while waiting on courts to intervene and overturn the laws, the newspaper reported. In contrast, several Democrat-led states have passed legislation this year to counteract laws that may try to restrict movement across state lines, according to theConnecticut passed a law that offers protection from out-of-state subpoenas issued in cases related to abortion procedures that are legal in the state, and California passed a similar law to protect abortion providers and patients from civil suits.
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