Nessel Signs Onto Brief Backing Texas Patients' Right To Travel Outside The State For Abortions

Michigan Advance

October 2, 2022

Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel signed on to an amicus brief alongside 21 other state attorneys general to ensure that patients can travel outside Texas to seek an abortion.

The amicus brief was sent in Fund Texas Choice v. Paxton, the case where reproductive rights advocates are aiming to prevent the enforcement of Texas anti-abortion laws that limit the ability for out-of-state travel for providing and seeking abortion services.

The attorneys general said in the amicus brief that Texas residents and other residents visiting the state for school, work or vacation should be able to travel to other states where abortion is not outlawed. The group said that regulating abortion within Texas is lawful, but argued that regulating interstate travel is not. They argued the laws threaten individuals’ constitutional right to interstate travel and the safety of some individuals, specifically those in need of emergency services.

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