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Gillibrand reintroduces bill protecting interstate travel for reproductive care | Fingerlakes1.com
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Gillibrand reintroduces bill protecting interstate travel for reproductive care | Fingerlakes1.com.Kirsten Gillibrand is leading an effort to protect the ability of Americans to travel across state lines to obtain reproductive healthcare, reintroducing legislation ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v.Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, joined Sens.Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Patty Murray of Washington in reintroducing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, which seeks to prevent states from restricting travel related to legal reproductive healthcare services.The legislation comes as some states have explored legal avenues to investigate, prosecute or impose civil penalties on individuals who travel elsewhere to obtain abortion services, as well as healthcare providers who assist them.Gillibrand said the measure would reaffirm constitutional protections for interstate travel while creating legal remedies for individuals whose rights are violated.Under the proposal, states and local governments would be prohibited from restricting travel to another state for reproductive healthcare that is legal in the destination state.The bill would also prohibit penalties against individuals or organizations that help facilitate such travel.The legislation further seeks to shield healthcare providers from lawsuits or criminal liability for providing reproductive healthcare services that are legal in the state where the care is delivered, even when patients travel from states with more restrictive abortion laws.The proposal would authorize the U.S.attorney general to pursue civil action against violators and would allow affected individuals and providers to file lawsuits seeking damages and court orders to halt violations.Gillibrand and supporters of the legislation said the bill is intended to address legal uncertainty that has emerged since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision ended federal constitutional protections for abortion rights and returned authority over abortion laws to individual states.The measure has attracted support from more than 30 Senate Democrats and independent Sen.Bernie Sanders of Vermont.It is also backed by organizations including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Guttmacher Institute.