Texas Says Making Women Travel for Abortions Boosts Commerce
- State AG Ken Paxton defends strictest abortion law in U.S.
- DOJ says the law burdens interstate insurance, health services
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Texas defended its new law banning most abortions as “stimulating” interstate commerce because it’s forcing women to travel to other states.
In a court filing on Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cited news reports of women driving hundreds of miles to Oklahoma and Kansas to seek abortions as proof that the law wasn’t interfering with interstate commerce. The Biden administration, which is suing to block the law, has cited its impact on interstate commerce as grounds for federal intervention.