Legal: Can a state limit commerce to any other (specific) state?

[Poll_Blind]

I have no problem working to introduce legislation preventing my state from doing business or doing limited business with states which have draconian abortion laws.

Anyone? I don't need a full answer, just being pointed in a good direction would help.

PB

[Freddie Stubbs]

1. No

Only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce.

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. I think a more interesting question

is whether or not a Pro-Life state can prosecute its citizens for going to Pro-Choice state to have an abortion or whether or not a Pro-Choice state can deny a citizen of a Pro-Life state the procedure.

[Bridget Burke]

4. I believe some recent anti-abortion bills would not allow...

Women to leave the state for the procedure. But--how would this be enforced? Set up checkpoints at the border, with pregnancy tests for all women of childbearing age?

Seeking treatment for the possible after-effects of an abortion would be dicey. Obviously, illegal abortions have a high rate of problems. Would women die of infections or bleed to death rather than risk being arrested in the ER? And a small percentage of women receiving legal abortions do need medical help afterward.

Why the HELL would a Pro-Choice state deny women living in Anti-Choice states the procedure?

[Bok_Tukalo]

7. I was not aware there was an attempt to criminalize going out of state

I am not even sure if there are any laws that makes behaviour or an action that is legal in another state a crime. Wouldn't the activity be outside the State attempting to reach across borders' juristiction?

[blue2helix]

3. No - except for health and safety matters

[HockeyMom]

5. New York. and New Jersey pre Roe

NY it was legal and NJ is wasn't. Really angered the pro lifers in NJ that women could just hop on a PATH train into NYC for an abortion and there was nothing they could do about it. I remember all the screaming that went on back then.

They all KNOW this. This is why they will attempt to force the choice states in line by FEDERAL laws. I troll their sites and they has always said this. They want a federal law or amendment to constitution to declare a FERTILIZED EGG to be a person. You see, they have even thought about "chemical abortions" by pills too.

[jfern]

6. Well

Is it constitutional to do something like prevent people from crossing state lines to get a pregancy? NO
Will the Republicans pass a law to do so, and will justices like Alito uphold that law? PROBABLY

Remember the constitution doesn't matter a damn to them.