a way around an abortion ban

[moonshinegnomie]

dont know the actual logisitcs of this but...

get a boat. (maybe a seized russian yacht)
set up a medical facility on the yacht.
sail it 3 miles off the coast. perform abortions there .
return to port.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The GOP Fourth Reich will make it illegal to do this.

And the SC will back them up.

[greymattermom]

2. That works for gambling in my state.

https://www.emeraldprincesscasino.com

[samnsara]

3. there are ways around it.. the fda and the abortion pill issue yet..also..we need to

declare we will disobey scotus from now on. make that body of gvnt ineffectual...

im getting a bumpersticker made now

[Ms. Toad]

4. The supreme court did not ban abortion.

It removed the constitutitonal barrier for states which choose to ban abortion.

Abortion will remain legal in any state which chooses to allow it - no need to go 3 miles off-shore. (Aside from which most people in the US live at least as close to states in which abortion will remain legal than they do to the shore.

[moonshinegnomie]

5. theres a large segment that live far from where its lega now

take texas or louisiana for example

if you live in texas you have to travel to new mexico. if your in east texas its could be a 600 mile drive or longer. houston to the new mexico border is 750 miles. thats like chicago to new york.

in louisiana you woulr need to travel up toward illinois

[Ms. Toad]

10. I never said otherwise.

What I did say was that the Supreme Court did not ban abortion. There is a significant difference in how you address a ruling making abortion unconstitutional (this ruling did NOT make abortion unconstitutional) and how you address a ruling which allows each state to decide for itself (what this ruling did).

[boston bean]

6. It is still a devastating decision in regards to women being full equal human beings.

It is an atrocity n

[Ms. Toad]

8. I never suggested otherwise.

But the solution to a supreme court ban on abortion is very different from the solution which leaves the question of abortion up to the states. Far too many people do not understand the distinction.

An off-shore abortion ship is not a solution to a state-by-state patchwork of laws.

[Rebl2]

9. My state

wants to make it illegal for a woman to go to another state that allows abortion, to go there and get one. If they find out you have done so, and someone helps you, not only will the woman be in trouble so will the person that helped you. They also want to make morning after pill and abortion pill illegal.

[Ms. Toad]

11. Unfortunately, this decision opens the door to the latter (morning after pill), but not the former.

Barring travel for interstate commerce (i.e. to acquire services in another state) is classic dormant commerce clause. It is unconstitutional for states, as a general rule, to pass laws which discriminate in favor of (or against) their own residents in interstate commerce.

[Wednesdays]

7. Okaaayy...

Say you live in South Dakota. Or many other land-locked states. How you gonna do that?

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

12. Go north?

Abortion is legal in Canada. It would be smart of some US groups to partner with Canadian providers to have permanent or mobile abortion services along the entire northern border.

There are groups in Mexico, where abortion was recently legalized, but is not always available that are working to help women in the US. This offers some choice for women along the southern border. But it is less of a sure thing that Canada.

It is still a shit decision and a shit situation.