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Ashton Pittman Jul 14, 2023

NEW: Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch is demanding access to information about Mississippi residents who obtain abortions or gender-affirming care in other states.

She and 18 other Republican attorneys generals say investigators need access to the information to enforce their states' laws banning abortion and gender-affirming care.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/34705/mississippi-attorney-general-wants-info-on-out-of-state-abortions-gender-affirming-care

Mississippi AG Wants Info On Out-of-State Abortions, Gender-Affirming Care

Mississippi authorities need details on residents who get abortions or gender-affirming care in other states, AG Lynn Fitch said.

Mississippi Free Press

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Taco Blacc Jul 14, 2023

@ashton

Their jurisdiction ends at the border of their state. There is no reason for them to investigate or even know about what a resident does elsewhere.

This is like if California demanded to know what guns CA residents were using at firing ranges in Arizona because of California gun laws, or Indiana wanted to prosecute its residents for smoking weed in Illinois. Proper response to such garbage is this:

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MillicentTheMagnificent

@psychoalpastor @ashton These are republicans we are talking about here. They do not care about those little details. They won’t stop until they are forced to stop.