Fugitive Womb Laws.

UTERUS; CONSTITUTIONAL law; FUGITIVES from justice; FREEDOM of movement; CIVIL rights

Already, Republican states have moved to propose laws that would restrict the right of women and pregnant people to seek abortions in other states. The same people who think that rights must have been explicitly spelled out by the founders' fountain pens or they don't exist could therefore make an argument that state restrictions on travel do not violate fundamental constitutional rights. COLUMNS On june 24, the supreme court, by a vote of 6-3, revoked the constitutional right to an abortion and left it up to the states to decide whether a pregnant person can be forced to give birth against their will. [Extracted from the article]

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