Yost(R) wants med records of women who have out of state abortions

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3. Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850-
Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
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LATimes article
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-07-12/threats-to-criminalize-out-of-state-abortion

BY MICHAEL HILTZIKBUSINESS COLUMNIST
JULY 12, 2022 1:58 PM PT

snip--The Fugitive Slave Act was a federal law. Yet several red states are prepared to replicate it on their own books. The quarries this time aren’t Black slaves, but those who assist pregnant women to seek abortions out of state, including employers who pay for the travel and others who help them.


snip--"In Texas, those who assist women to get abortions would be vulnerable to civil lawsuits from even out-of-state plaintiffs, who could sue for $10,000 or more in penalties. Oklahoma and Idaho have passed similar laws. Missouri lawmakers are considering a statute that would allow lawsuits against anyone helping a Missouri resident to get an abortion, including an out-of-state doctor who performed the procedure or those who helped the patient cross the state line. The law’s sponsor has said it’s targeted at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois opened to serve patients from the St. Louis area."

snip--"Still, the post-Roe landscape has thrown law and medical practice into confusion nationwide, especially in anti-abortion states. Pharmacists and medical providers already have limited patient access to drugs that can be used to induce abortions, even when they’re prescribed for other purposes."

snip--"A key issue in the abortion fight is whether anti-abortion states can regulate the travels of their citizens or reach beyond their state lines to regulate activities elsewhere. With Roe vs. Wade overturned, law professors from three Pennsylvania universities observe in a draft paper, “we have already seen the beginnings of these battles.”

more there.
IMO, nothing that the rightwing authoritarian GOP does happens in a vacuum.

Yost is part of the cabal laying the groundwork.

We all know Yost wants higher state/federal office.