Bay Area Doctor Plans to Offer Abortions Via Boat off the Gulf of Mexico

[CaptainTruth]

21. I wondered the same thing. Here's what I found:

"In a 1947 landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state of California, saying the federal government held rights in all submerged lands of the Pacific seaward of the low-water mark. The U.S. Supreme Court gave a similar ruling against Louisiana and Texas.
Congress then created the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, which declared that states owned the submerged lands, and the natural resources within, seaward out to three nautical miles."

(Note how Congress passed a law to change a SCOTUS ruling... interesting.)

"International Waters: Once a vessel is in waters that are more than 24 miles off the coast of a country, they are considered to be on the high seas and in international waters. The laws used to govern in these waters are based on the country where the ship is registered and the flag it is flying."