Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn)
nitter.salastil.com
I have never heard of this tactic before but apparently, Texas counties are passing ordinances banning travel on highways for out of state abortions. Expect to see this used for families taking trans youth to get their care out of state as well in the next year.
  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Its just crazy to imagine how this can be enforced.

    I have to assume its all after-the-fact. Like, someone travels to get an abortion and then the abusive spouse or nosey neighbors squeal. And then the state tries to trace the route and press charges in a municipal court.

    I don’t think that they plan to just blockade the highway and hassle everyone who passes through.

    • ElderWendigoEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      One of the first things a fascist state needs to do to really hold on to power is make sure that it’s impossible for citizens to live without breaking some law. You don’t have enforce those laws 100%, in fact it’s better if you don’t. You just need to make sure that anyone can be lawfully arrested at practically any convenient time.

    • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      They’ll get lists of trans kids, database them to car plates and use automated image recognition to know when the cars left the state. This will then be used to prosecute. It may even be used to investigate, such as when they’ve seen your plate go out of state they send some cistapo round for a home visit to make sure the kid isn’t getting treated.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        They’ll get lists of trans kids

        Trans kids who haven’t begun to transition yet? That would be quite a feat.

        I don’t really think they care about trans kids. What they care about is the organizational system that makes transitioning possible. And they only really care about it because its an indication of “liberalism”, and keys certain groups in as opposition that needs to be crushed.

        This is, at its heart, a cold war.

        • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Trans kids who haven’t begun to transition yet? That would be quite a feat.

          I am fairly sure one of the things they’re attempting to do is forcefully detransition trans people. They absolutely do already have lists of kids that have sought some sort of medical care for gender dysphoria, or can create them.

          • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            one of the things they’re attempting to do is forcefully detransition trans people.

            In that case, maybe.

            They absolutely do already have lists of kids that have sought some sort of medical care for gender dysphoria, or can create them.

            Its possible. But I’ve seen the back end of the state bureaucracy on a number of occasions. They’re more on the Mussolini end of the fascist spectrum in execution.

            Vicious but more so lazy and cheap.

            Particularly in CPS, the organization is nearly non-existent. A ton of this is running on the handful of people hateful enough to chase their neighbors for free.