Florida’s attorney general is one among many from red states across the country threatening Maine with legal action as the New England state considers a shield law that would protect those seeking abortions and health care from criminal repercussions in Florida.
As more Republican states have taken action to limit or altogether ban abortion access and transgender health care, Democratic Party-led states see shield laws as a way to protect those seeking those services away from home, according to according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights advocacy group.
I’m sad to say that we’ve already been having to have another fucking underground railroad situation, for both pregnant and trans people. =/
I’d say the beginnings are already here. There are already organization helping people travel for medical care where they live in a state ideologically opposed. I’ve considered donating to a few
I’m lending my spare room to a friend who’s fleeing Texas, but I feel like I should do more…
As a gay Texan, you are doing plenty! Helping anyone helps everyone.