Republicans Took a Woman's Right to Choose. Now They're Threatening Her Right to Travel

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act. The law would have protected the ability to travel from states where abortion is banned to states where it remains legal to receive care. Senate Republicans, led by James Lankford of Oklahoma, have already blocked the measure, characterizing it a solution in need of a problem. “No state has banned interstate travel for adult women seeking to obtain an abortion,” Lankford said. “This seems to be just trying to inflame, to raise the what-ifs.”

Democrats on the ground in Texas, though, are wise to this tactic. It’s one they’ve seen before, and they are urging outsiders and national Democrats to pay attention: The effort to restrict a woman’s right to travel across state lines is already underway.

One week before Lankford made those comments, Yvette Ostolaza, a Dallas-based corporate litigator and the head of the white-shoe law firm Sidley Austin LLP, received a letter from a handful of elected officials in Texas.

“It has come to our attention that Sidley Austin has decided to reimburse the travel costs of employees who leave Texas to murder their unborn children,” the letter, signed by eleven Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives, read. It went on to threaten the law firm — one of the country’s largest — with criminal prosecution and the disbarment of its partners, among other penalties, over its pledge to reimburse “abortion-related travel and, if necessary, related legal-defense expenses” for its employees.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/republicans-took-woman-choose-now-130005755.html

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Rape prevention? Abbott and his gang of fascists will have an answer:

Chastity belts and ankle skirts.

[Runningdawg]

5. Easier - Impose biblical fines.

Pay her father, brother or husband what she would have "been worth" as a virgin or unsullied wife, suitable for further breeding. In OK I'm going to guess the fine would be less than $50.
Hell, most states didn't believe a husband could rape his wife until the mid 90's.

[2naSalit]

2. Well...

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We saw this coming and still, as a majority population, we can't seem to quash this dangerous movement that is dangerous, mostly, because they suffer no consequences.

[MontanaMama]

8. We indeed saw this coming.

They TOLD us they would do this and they're promising they will do far more. Do we believe them yet?

[2naSalit]

9. We'll find out in a few months.

I am preparing for a number of possible scenarios come this fall. I don't know if I need to do anything or go anywhere but I want to be ready.

[MontanaMama]

11. The case they are hearing in October

regarding giving state legislatures control over national elections could be the end of our republic. Just the fact that they're hearing the case at all is a giant red flag.

[2naSalit]

12. It most certainly is.

[duckworth969]

3. fascism: the f word every Dem should be using

[NullTuples]

4. GOP lawmakers use letterhead to threaten to sue a huge law firm & expect it to go well?

[Hekate]

6. Yep

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[EnergizedLib]

10. Uhh

‘Senate Republicans, led by James Lankford of Oklahoma, have already blocked the measure, characterizing it a solution in need of a problem. “No state has banned interstate travel for adult women seeking to obtain an abortion,” Lankford said. “This seems to be just trying to inflame, to raise the what-ifs.”’

Does he not realize what-ifs are quickly becoming reality and being proactive is key?

Also, why should listen to a single thing from someone who said under oath that 13-year-old girls can consent to sex?