I have a small medical question

[jmowreader]

A pregnancy test works by detecting the hormone Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG), which is only created when you're pregnant. When you stop being pregnant, the level of HCG in your system tapers off until it falls below the level of detection.

Now...let's assume that Mary Jones is pregnant and doesn't want to be. Mary lives in a state where abortion has been banned and exit/entry pregnancy tests are administered to all women traveling across the state line.

The question: How long after Mary's abortion in New Mexico does she have to get back into Texas before her HCG level drops below the limits of detection?

[JohnSJ]

1. In the case sited it would take about 9 weeks to return to pre-pregnancy level. While Human

Chorionic Gonadotropin is used to detect pregnancy, an elevated HCG level will also occur with an ectopic pregnancy and a molar pregnancy, the later which can develop into a cancer, and why those states that have put in these draconian handmaiden tale policies, are directly endangering women's lives in those conditions, and they need to have their collective asses sued for endanger women's lives

[NanceGreggs]

2. What state is administering ...

... pregnancy tests to women crossing state lines?

Doing so would be illegal.

I know some red-staters are threatening all kinds of draconian laws which can never be implemented or enforced.

Scare tactics are what Republicans always use to inspire fear and intimidate. Let's not fall for their bullshit the way their own sheeple do.

[jmowreader]

6. I know it's illegal

But with this Supreme Court, it’s hard to say. Interstate travel is not an explicit right in the Constitution.

The most important right-to-travel case is Shapiro v Thompson, and because it involves welfare I’m sure it is very, very high on the hard right’s shit list. In my view, if you went to a right winger and said, “you can overturn one case and no more, and your choices are Obergefell, Loving, Griswold, Lawrence or Shapiro,” they would get rid of Shapiro.

[TigressDem]

3. Why go back?

[jmowreader]

5. Well...maybe her mom still lives there

There could be a lot of reasons why someone would want to live in Texas. Their family is there. Their job is there. They own a company there. They just like the place. Having lived two summers in Texas (summer 1985 at Fort Hood and summer 1986 at Goodfellow Air Force Base) I cannot ever see myself voluntarily wanting to live in Texas, but there are a lot of people who do.

Just thinking out loud…I live in Idaho. If I wanted to move to somewhere more suitable to my political position, like New York City, Massachusetts, Hawaii, San Francisco or the Seattle area, I would have to find a new job there, sell my house and buy one there, pack up all my belongings and drive a REALLY long way to get to my new place…or arrange ocean transport if Honolulu was my destination. Sorry, but I’ll stick to my current life of hanging out with the few cool people who live in this place and using condoms during sex.

[TigressDem]

7. Valid points. Thanks.

I guess I was being a bit of a smart ass as I have very little use for Texas, but I have met some wonderful people that have lived there and a few when I took one vacation there.

And Austin is progressive, for being in Texas anyway.