# Abortion patient version of the Fugitive Slave Act -- would it be legally possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** roe\_vs\_wade\_abortion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-patient-version-of-the-fugitive-slave-act-would-it-be-legally-possible/966805 "2022-06-25T02:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-patient-version-of-the-fugitive-slave-act-would-it-be-legally-possible/966805/21 "2022-06-25T17:43:01Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The thread generated much sound and heat, but did not come to a consensus whether such a state law would be constitutional. Can’t find it at the moment. It’s the one I linked in post #8. > [@Whats the legality of prosecuting someone for doing something that is illegal in their home state, but legal in another state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legality-of-prosecuting-someone-for-doing-something-that-is-illegal-in-their-home-state-but-legal-in-another-state/963357): > > With all the abortion bans there are efforts to punish women who leave their home state and travel to another state to get a legal abortion. So if you’re from a state like Texas and you fly to California to get an abortion, you can be prosecuted back in Texas. Are there legal precedents for this kind of situation? For example if marijuana is illegal in your state but legal in another state, can Nebraska punish you for getting high in colorado for example? Can you be prosecuted for leaving your… The problem with all legal hypotheticals is that the law is whatever five Justices of the Supreme Court says it is. Nothing new: this has been true since John Marshall’s Court. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-patient-version-of-the-fugitive-slave-act-would-it-be-legally-possible/966805)._