Warren, Senators Urge Justice Department to Do More to Protect Americans' Right to Travel for Reproductive Health Care

"Health care providers have explained that these laws "are condemning patients to delays in abortion care' because patients must often cross state lines to receive essential health care. Some states are now taking the extraordinary step of criminalizing women's right to travel to other states for abortion care.

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Given the work of many of our states to protect access to abortion care no matter whether a patient comes from the state or travels from another, we are alarmed by efforts in other states to curb interstate travel, which may present an unprecedented attack on Americans' rights. We are writing to better understand DOJ's assessment of efforts to infringe on Americans' right to travel and the constitutional right to interstate travel."

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