Alabama’s Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.
In a court filing Monday, attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave the state to get an abortion could amount to a “criminal conspiracy.”
The court filing comes in response to lawsuits against Marshall that was filed in July from two women’s health centers and Yellowhammer Fund, an organization which says it provides “financial and practical support for those who are pregnant and require assistance.” The plaintiffs argue that Marshall violated their constitutional rights by publicly stating that organizations which help pregnant women in Alabama get an abortion out of state could be criminally investigated.
“Alabama can no more regulate out-of-state abortions than another state can deem its laws legalizing abortions to apply to Alabama,” the Yellowhammer Fund lawsuit argues.
I didn’t say that my hypothetical scenario would prevent yours; I’m saying “yes and.” I’ve lived in Texas nearly my entire life and have come to realize that this state tries to start bar room brawls and then punches itself in the face to try to out-crazy the other states in hopes that they’ll back down. I’m sure part of the reason so few states want to fuck with Texas is financial or transactional, but I often wonder how much of it is “shit, they don’t even care that they’re killing their constituents accidentally, I certainly don’t want to find out what they do when they’re actively angry.”