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In reply to the discussion: Abortion-Travel Bans Are "Next Frontier" With Roe Set to Topple [View all]DFW
(60,429 posts)When France elected Mitterand its president in 1981, to stem capital flight, its customs agents not only were harassing people leaving France, but they also crossed into Switzerland and started harassing French citizens on Swiss territory, a huge breach of international protocol, as well as against Swiss law. Switzerland got fed up and arrested a few of them. They let them go soon after, but the message was delivered. France went berserk, though, and practically sealed off the Swiss border for a week. However, they quickly acknowledged that they had crossed a line, and stopped the practice.
I could see something similar happening with the anti-life states sending their agents to harass women who travel to other states to get abortions. If that happens, I wouldnt mind seeing some over-eager Arkansas woman-haters jailed for six months for assault, attempted kidnapping, or stalking (or consecutive sentences for all three). Id give them copies of Lysistrata to read in jail instead of bibles, too.