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up front Tuesday 11 april 2023
Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws

From Front and blue states say, ‘You even the ability to divorce.
can’t,’ we’re in uncharted The federal ruling largely re-
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and territory,” said Mary Ziegler, solved those legal conflicts.
JOHN HANNA a legal historian at the Uni- The effort to restrict abor-
Associated Press versity of California, Davis tion in far-reaching ways is
Abortion is banned in Ida- School of Law. an outgrowth of last year’s
ho at all stages of preg- Arguments about the laws U.S. Supreme Court deci-
nancy, but the governor could be rooted in key sion that overturned Roe
on Wednesday signed an- clauses of the U.S. Constitu- v. Wade and ended a na-
other law making it illegal tion that could contradict tionwide right to abortion.
to provide help within the each other in this case. Each state now makes
state’s boundaries to mi- One clause requires states its own rules. Abortion is
nors seeking an abortion to respect the laws of other banned in all stages of
without parental consent. states while another rec- pregnancy in 13 states.
The new law is obviously ognizes the right to travel Another five have similar
aimed at abortions ob- among states and a third bans on the books but are People march through downtown Amarillo to protest a lawsuit
tained in other states, but restricts the ability of states not being enforced un- to ban the abortion drug mifepristone Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023,
it’s written to criminalize in- to impair interstate com- der judge’s orders as legal in Amarillo, Texas.
state behavior leading to merce. challenges to them are Associated Press
the out-of-state procedure Legal experts say that no sorted out. approved a measure that “The hope would be this
– a clear nod to the uncer- prior cases are exactly Texas took a step toward would prohibit cities and would be seen as an ex-
tainty surrounding efforts by comparable, though state state-border restrictions counties from using their treme overreach,” she
lawmakers in at least half laws have conflicted in even before Roe was over- funds to help someone ob- said, “but one would have
a dozen states to extend weighty ways in the past. turned with a 2021 law that tain an abortion outside thought that overturning
their influence outside their In the 1840s and 1850s, it allows civil lawsuits against the state — including ban- Roe v. Wade would have
borders when it comes to was with questions over a person who “aids or ning coverage of out-of- been an extreme over-
abortion law. whether fugitive enslaved abets the performance or state abortions under gov- reach too.”
At the same time, Demo- people in free states re- inducement of abortion.” ernment employee health Elisabeth Smith, state policy
crat-controlled states are mained the property of It does not specify whether insurance plans. director for the Center for
advancing and adopting slaveholders. In the 1857 the aid would have to hap- In his concurring opinion in Reproductive Rights, said
laws and executive orders Dred Scott decision, fre- pen within Texas. Oklaho- last year’s ruling overturning the measures have impacts
intended to shield their resi- quently cited as the worst ma has a similar law. Roe, Supreme Court Jus- even if they don’t hold up
dents against civil lawsuits ruling in U.S. history, the U.S. But using them to block out- tice Brett Kavanaugh con- in court.
and criminal investigations Supreme Court ruled that of-state abortions has not templated whether states “Will anti-abortion activists
related to providing abor- they did. been tried yet — or tested could restrict their residents continue to try to use these
tions for women from states More recently, before the in court. from getting abortions in techniques and use these
where there are bans. nation’s top court recog- Other states are pursuing other states: “In my view, avenues?” he asked. “Ab-
But there is no legal prece- nized a right to same-sex different approaches. the answer is no based on solutely. Their goal in doing
dent giving good guidance marriage in 2015, state mar- Idaho’s measure bans the constitutional right to so is to try to chill activity
about whether states can riage laws were a patch- transporting a minor for an interstate travel,” he wrote. and make those of us who
influence their residents work. Some states did not abortion without parental Andrea Miller, president of support abortion rights too
getting abortions outside recognize marriages that consent — but bars only the National Institute for Re- frightened to help people.”
their borders. were legal elsewhere, and the part of the journey that productive Health, which One possible test of the
“If red states pass laws all the protections that go takes place in Idaho. supports abortion rights, out-of-state applicability of
saying, ‘We can go af- with them, including hos- Tennessee’s GOP-domi- said the validity of inter- abortion laws is just getting
ter people for X, Y and Z,’ pital visitation rights and nated legislature last week state laws is unclear. started in Texas.q

Brennan named new director for National Hurricane Center

for storms hitting America, tor is one of the most visible of a meteorology journal,
as the new director of the and important jobs in the and is well-liked.
National Hurricane Cen- nation, and Mike possess- "Mike is a fantastic choice
ter in Miami. Brennan, who es the right combination to lead NHC," she said. "I
started Monday, had been of experience, leadership think he'll do a great job
branch chief since 2018 and personal traits to pre- interfacing with the public
for the center's hurricane pare and guide us through and our political leaders,
specialist unit, which writes major storms," NOAA chief incorporating the latest
warnings and forecasts for Rick Spinrad said. science and forecasting
the public. He spent 2022 Hurricane center chiefs not knowledge into his brief-
as the center's acting dep- only warn the public about ings."
uty director. During those upcoming storms, but co- The hurricane center job
last five years, 18 hurricanes ordinate work with emer- became vacant when Ken
have hit the United States, gency managers and the Graham took over last June
Mike Brennan, then-branch chief at the National Hurricane eight of them major. public to prepare for a hur- as director of the National
Center, gives an update on Hurricane Harvey as it moves toward Brennan, 45, started at the ricane hitting the coast. Weather Service. Jamie
the Texas coast, Aug. 25, 2017, in Miami. hurricane center in 2008 as University of Albany atmo- Rhome, who was acting
Associated Press a hurricane specialist and spheric sciences professor director last year, returns to
By SETH BORENSTEIN tion named Mike Brennan, got his bachelor's, master's and hurricane expert Kris- his former job as deputy di-
AP Science Writer who was supervising hur- and doctorate degrees ten Corbosiero said Bren- rector, NOAA said.
The National Oceanic and ricane forecasters during from North Carolina State nan keeps up with the sci- Hurricane season starts
Atmospheric Administra- one of the busiest times University. "The NHC direc- ence, is an associate editor June 1.q