Not so sure all these "cross state lines to do something otherwise illegal" schemes are going to work...
Not so sure all these "cross state lines to do something otherwise illegal" schemes are going to work...
If you think about it, it's not that different (legally, not morally) from 18-year-olds living in states where the drinking age was 21 going to states where they could legally drink. The legal premise is that you can't punish someone for committing a crime if the action isn't illegal where it was committed.
I can see organizations getting in trouble offering assistance to do the crime
...offering assistance to do the crime
Except it isn't a crime in the jurisdiction they'd head to. If Google (or others) paid for abortions that took place in states where it is illegal, they'd be accomplices.
The legal premise is that you can't punish someone for committing a crime if the action isn't illegal where it was committed.
They can and they do. For example there are laws about sex tourism. You can't go to a country where the age of consent is 12 for the purpose of having sex with a 12 year old.
You can't go to a country where the age of consent is 12 for the purpose of having sex with a 12 year old.
That's a false equivalence. We're discussing state powers solely in the US.
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