california texas abortion
Does CA AB-1666 actually have any practical effects?
<p>I'm having a hard time imagining any real scenario where <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1666" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AB-1666</a> actually accomplishes anything.</p>
<p>Suppose you are a CA resident, and you buy plane tickets for your friend in TX to come to CA and get an abortion.  You are sued successfully in TX.  I mean, CA won't repo your car for TX because of AB-1666 but if you ever want to have necessary modern life things like a bank account, TX is going to grab it, right?  AB-1666 doesn't seem to protect stuff like that?</p>
<p>Does AB-1666 offer real protection to CA residents in these cases, or from a practical standpoint is it purely symbolic?</p>

<p>It is very hard to be sure what might happen in all possible situations where the Texas law is used to sue a person who assists another to obtain an abortion. There is as yet no case law, to the best of my knowledge, on applying such a law to a non-resident of Texas.</p>
<p>This bill, if passed, would seem to prohibit the California courts and officials from assisting in collection of any such judgement. It might well protect an account in a CA bank. Or it might be held invalid, as contrary to the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Federal constitution.</p>
