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The Truce Over Interstate Abortion Fights Is About to Come to a Bitter End

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The fight to undercut reproductive rights will pose new, complicated threats to freedom of speech, Frida Ghitis says.

Ghitis: Efforts to criminalize speech will be constitutionally dead on arrival, but in reality, a recent decision by the 9th Circuit shows.

She asks: Who gets to decide whether abortion is a crime? The courts haven't provided much guidance, and the Supreme Court hasn’t addressed the issue.

Since 2023 , 23 states and D.C. have enacted shield laws that seek to protect abortion providers, patients, and those who assist them from out-of-state extradition, prosecutions, and lawsuits.

But none of these laws have been tested in court.

With Donald Trump in office, conflicts between states seem inevitable.

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