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Texas conservatives are testing the limits of their power beyond state lines.
Some cities and counties have passed so-called travel bans aimed at stopping Texans from driving to abortion appointments in other states.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has demanded medical records from at least two out-of-state clinics that provide gender-affirming care to minors.
The question of extraterritoriality is largely unresolved, legal experts say.
Texas AG sent administrative subpoenas to medical providers in Washington and Georgia .
Nothing requires states to help each other with cross-border investigations.
22 states have passed or enacted “shield laws,” that protect health care workers from extraterritorial investigations.
In Texas , Gov. Abbott previously ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate parents who provide trans children with gender-affirming care even after lawmakers failed to explicitly add such treatments to the definition of child abuse.
It's much easier for a state to regulate what happens within its borders than to enforce their laws in other places.
But efforts to restrict travel, even within a state or county, likely will run afoul of the constitutional right to travel.
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