States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signs an executive order designed to protect abortion rights in the state at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The order in part prevents the extradition of a woman who receives an abortion in North Carolina but may live in another state where the procedure is barred. (AP Photo/Gary D. Roberts)
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states...
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