Montana “Trafficking” Bill Shows Endgame for Abortion Rights Foes

The Montana Legislature is set to consider a bill on “abortion trafficking’s” The bill would make it illegal for anyone to transport or aid someone else in transporting “an unborn child” for an abortion that would be illegal in Montana .

Frida Ghitis : The bill exposes the endgame of the "abortion trafficking" strategies: laws that would allow conservatives to take shots at states where abortion is legal.

Conservative attorneys general have also taken aim at doctors who mail pills across state lines.

But movement leaders understand that undercutting travel is important too.

Trafficking laws can deter travel by isolating an abortion seeker or threatening punishment.

And trafficking laws reinforce the message that the fetus is a person deserving of protection from the moment an egg is fertilized.