And for many people, abortion is unlikely to be an issue.
However, considering a move might be worthwhile for others. It doesn't have to be an emergency move, either. People move for all sorts of reasons, and take their time in planning and preparing for such a move.
In other cases, the move is more urgent, as when people are transferred because of their job.
However, if I were a young man or woman and single, I believe I'd begin thinking seriously about moving away from any state that passed such a horrible law. It's a measure of the culture of the place that a law like that could be passed and signed by a governor. What else is likely to happen that restricts women's rights in such a state?
Any move comes with leaving friends, family, and associates. It's certainly nothing to be taken lightly, but moving is always a possibility.
For example, my wife and I moved, in 2004, from a very nice place on the coast of California to an urban neighborhood in St. Paul, MN. Why? Because my wife's parents lived nearby and her father had suffered a stroke. Neither of us wanted to live in Minnesota. My parents lived a couple hours' drive from our CA home. We had many friends and associates where we lived, and kept an office in a building near our home.
However, needs must. So, we started planning to move. Three months later, we drove away from our recently sold home, in a very, very full moving truck I had purchased, used, from UHaul. My wife drove our mini-van, with luggage and our two cats. The trip took almost six days, and we had no place to live when we got to St. Paul.
We stayed in the basement of her parents' town home, while we looked for a house to buy. We found a house in a week and moved in a month later, and here we are, still. Now, we have new friends and associates, and my wife has some cousins and old friends who live nearby, more or less. Both of her parents are now gone, and my own parents are 94 years old and failing in health. Unfortunately, the economics of real estate between here and California are such that we simply cannot afford to move back to CA. My parents will probably not live out this year, so I fly out there more frequently than I'd like.
We moved once, but can't move again, and there would be little point to it. Minnesota's just fine, and we have friends and acquaintances here, and I'm 73 years old now. I have no interest in moving again, although my wife would love to live somewhere that doesn't have snow on the ground for five months. But, politically and in other ways, this is a good place to live.
My point is that moving is a pain in the ass and can cause emotional upheaval, as well. It can be done, however, if conditions where you currently live are intolerable. If you're young and single, moving is less of a challenge, of course, and young, single people are probably the most affected by Alabama's new law. However, there is much about Alabama that is not optimal, especially politically.
In any case, there are new friends, clients, acquaintances, etc. to be found wherever you are. If your current location is becoming intolerably, taking the time to consider and plan a move might well be worthwhile. It's a judgment call.
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