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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1349983)	3/23/2022 10:08:38 AM
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BOOM: GOP's War on Abortion Is Now a WAR ON PRIVACY RIGHTS ON 3/23/22 AT 7:00 AM EDT newsweek.com Missouri Republicans recently expanded the GOP's all-out war on abortion rights, introducing legislation that would make it a crime for women to leave the state to obtain an abortion. What's more, the bill proposed by state Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman would also make criminals of anyone who assists a woman seeking an abortion. Coleman's legislation amounts to a revocation of Missourians' freedom of movement and freedom of association—and some Republicans couldn't be happier. The proposal, which would allow private citizens to sue women who obtain out-of-state abortions, looks disturbingly like the current Texas anti-abortion "bounty" law being debated before the Supreme Court. If passed, the Missouri GOP's bill would represent a shocking abandonment of fundamental human rights. And worst of all, there's no guarantee our increasingly GOP-captured federal courts would strike down this sweeping act of state harassment. The Missouri bill and other legislation inspired by Texas' de facto statewide ban on abortions isn't just about stripping choice from women. These efforts represent the next phase of advancing Republican authoritarianism: repealing the constitutional right to privacy affirmed by the Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut over half a century ago. "If the courts uphold this, just as courts have failed to block Texas S.B. 8, it could mean open season on our fundamental rights," said Richard Muniz, general counsel at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis region and southwest Missouri. "Whether it be the freedom to marry, the right to access birth control, or even the right to bear arms, politicians hostile to our freedoms can use these dangerous tactics to take away our rights and control our lives and bodies." NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP > Beyond the immediate and real threat to the rights of women, what's happening in Texas, Missouri and other red states is another sign that the Trumpified GOP's ideology is shifting rapidly toward authoritarianism. Despite a third of Republicans supporting at least some form of legal abortion and nearly half of GOP voters opposed to government intervention in gender-affirming care, radicals are clearly in the driver's seat when it comes to advancing the Republican Party's anti-abortion, anti-privacy agenda. From Texas to Missouri and beyond, the era of small government, states' rights Republicanism is over. Far from restricting the power of governments in favor of the individual, states are now assuming the role of a federal government within themselves. By limiting a woman's ability to seek an abortion in states where abortion is legal, Missouri has effectively banned abortion nationwide for its residents. And if courts uphold a state's ability to police the movement of women seeking abortions, there is no clear limit to what other private choices the state can control—as long as your neighbors and not state officials are the ones enforcing the law. "This could be the beginning of a new legislative strategy that goes beyond abortion, but abortion is often treated exceptionally in many areas of the law," said Greer Donley, assistant professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. "I wouldn't be surprised if these cross-border laws primarily focus on abortion and abortion-adjacent health care."