An incident in Mississippi provides a window into a dystopian future where USPS workers and local cops can block people from accessing reproductive care.
Interfering with the US mail is a federal crime. Further, even in states that have banned medicated abortions; both medications have perfectly valid uses outside of abortion (including things not related specifically to women’s health altogether.) Neither the USPS nor the cop can know if the drugs are for illegal purposes without filing subpoenas and warrants for that medical information; and probable cause is going to be difficult to get, considering.
It’s also a federal crime to interfere with interstate commerce, which is solely the province of the federal government to regulate. Additionally, USPS screen for illegal substances anyway; maybe not every package, but enough to suggest that there shouldn’t be local bastards screening them too.
Well that’s a federal crime, assuming they’re being shipped by the USPS.
Lock them up.
Lock who up?
The dogs, duh.
Or someone can let the dogs out. And we can ask “who?”
Do you mean that mailing abortion pills is a federal crime, or that interfering with the mail is a federal crime?
Interfering with the US mail is a federal crime. Further, even in states that have banned medicated abortions; both medications have perfectly valid uses outside of abortion (including things not related specifically to women’s health altogether.) Neither the USPS nor the cop can know if the drugs are for illegal purposes without filing subpoenas and warrants for that medical information; and probable cause is going to be difficult to get, considering.
It’s also a federal crime to interfere with interstate commerce, which is solely the province of the federal government to regulate. Additionally, USPS screen for illegal substances anyway; maybe not every package, but enough to suggest that there shouldn’t be local bastards screening them too.
Ironically, I always carry lockpicks on me.