July 13, 2022 3:00 a.m.

On Tuesday, Senator Ron Wyden and a group of Democratic colleagues introduced legislation to ensure that anti-choice states cannot limit interstate travel for abortion services.

A release said The Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act would empower the Attorney General and impacted individuals to bring civil action against those who restrict the right to cross state lines to receive reproductive care.

Wyden said, “I am proud that Oregon is a sanctuary for women who need health care services including abortion”. Wyden said “The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, tossing out a half century of legal precedent, has empowered radical attempts at the state and local level to stop Americans from traveling freely to states where they can get a safe, legal abortion. But we won’t let them”.

The release said this legislation underscores the Constitutional protections for interstate travel and provides redress for women whose rights are violated.

More about the proposal is linked: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-protect-the-right-to-cross-state-lines-to-seek-abortion-care