Constitutional Law
Jun. 9, 2022
Warring States: a modest proposal
The anti-abortion states will not be satisfied with an abortion ban defined by the state line. The writing is on the wall. The “aiding and abetting” provision of the Texas anti-abortion law can be used to target any person or organization that helps a woman travel to a state where abortion is legal.
Steven S. Kimball
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UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Steven is a lawyer in Sacramento
Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (No. 19-1392) (Dobbs) declares that “[f]or the first 185 years after the adoption of the Constitution” it was up to the individual states whether to penalize abortion, but then Roe v. Wade (1973) 410 U.S. 113 put a stop to it. (Dobbs, supra, at p. 1.) At the time, the justice explained, 30 of the states prohibited abortions in all circumstances but others had “liberalized” their laws...
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