Yup, boarder towns in red states are going to start stopping women as they travel through their towns to make sure they aren’t pregnant.

  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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    I’ll remind you that cavity searches are just something we accept the authorities will do to suspects (let alone the convicted) as a matter of routine.

    By comparison, a roadside pregnancy test seems pretty mild.

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      You’re ignoring probable cause to stop or search. And the 14th Amendment. And the Interstate Commerce clause in the US Constitution. And repeated SCOTUS rulings affirming the free right to jnterstate travel for all US citizens.

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        They’ll claim driving toward the border constitutes probable cause, and the Federalist Society will make agreement with that a litmus test for their seal of approval. Since the Republican governor won’t appoint any judge not on the Federalist Society list … checkmate.

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      I don’t think cavity searches are as common as you are implying.

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        Two of you have turned up to say it’s not really a big deal, not appreciating the irony that you’re proving my point.

        cavity searches are just something we accept the authorities will do

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          Yeah, mainly for entering prison. I can’t think of a time I have ever heard of someone getting cavity searched randomly as a suspect, but I am sure there are outlier cases. Which we can probably get rid of due to improved technology, but I guess it could be understandable back in the day. I’m not to familiar with the prison smuggling scene but I imagine introducing cavity searches improved safety factors