People march on S Field St towards the Earle Cabell Federal Building, site of the landmark Roe v. Wade lawsuit filing, during the 2023 Roe Memorial Mass and North Texas March for Life on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Dallas. Marchers celebrated the end of legalized abortion in Texas.
Marc Hearron, a lead attorney at the Center, said the petition is meant to serve as a scare tactic against Texas women considering abortions across state lines. “This is part of a broader trend that we predicted when Dobbs overturned Roe that that’s not going to be enough for the anti-abortion movement,” Hearron said. “They are not going to be okay with states getting to decide what’s legal and illegal.”from states like Texas. The abortion fund Fund Texas Choice spent more than $560,000 on client travel out-of-state in the first nine months of 2023. Last year, the Chicago Abortion Fund received more than 1,200 calls from Texans alone.
Hearron said his organization will file a response on behalf of the woman they’re representing and that it’ll likely be weeks before there’s any movement in the court. “We have a constitutional right to travel from state to state and to access services that are legal in a state where they’re accessed,” Hearron said. “State’s are not allowed to trap people.”. Marin Wolf is a health care reporter for the Dallas Morning News. She previously covered breaking business news for The News' business desk and race and diversity for Bloomberg News. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hussman School of Journalism.