“Republicans lawmakers have already set their sights on ripping away the right to travel. Let’s be really clear what that means: They want to hold women captive in their own states.” —PattyMurray
U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto , Kirsten Gillibrand , Patty Murray , Tina Smith and Sheldon Whitehouse introduced the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022 on Tuesday. Thewould have provided a guarantee for constitutional protections for interstate travel to seek reproductive healthcare, especially abortion care. It would have also protected healthcare providers in abortion-legal states from prosecution and lawsuits for serving individuals traveling from other states.
“Republicans lawmakers have already set their sights on ripping away the right to travel. Let’s be really clear what that means: They want to hold women captive in their own states,” said Murray from the Senate floor. “They want to punish women—and anyone who might help them—for exercising their constitutional right to travel within our country to get the services they need in another state.”
“Anti-choice state legislators … want to pass bills to fine or prosecute women who travel for healthcare, providers who offer abortion services, and the many employers who have said they will support their employees who need to seek reproductive care in another state,” said Cortez Masto. “These bills are blatantly unconstitutional. They constrain the fundamental constitutional right to travel. They are anti-woman and anti-business.
The ability to travel to seek abortion care is a privilege in and of itself: Traveling for an abortion can be expensive and time-consuming. Such a trip often requires time off from work, childcare arrangements, lodging and significant planning. These challenges disproportionately affect low-income and Black patients.
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