'Newsgathering vis-à-vis abortion post-Dobbs will resemble reporting on things like military secrets, narcotics, or any other beat where promising confidentiality to a source is necessary...Those beats breed press-freedom violations.' MsReads via CJR
, bans virtually all abortions, with exceptions only for rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother. In April, news outlets inran stories about a move by Planned Parenthood to secure medical-office space in Ontario, Oregon—a border town along the Snake River and accessible from I-84. Those stories informed Idaho residents that abortions may be legally performed right at the state border, fifty-six miles from Boise.
Right now, the National Right to Life Committee’s model anti-abortion bill has a provision similar to that at issue inand, for an aggressive prosecutor, to an Idaho outlet reporting that a quick drive to Ontario, Oregon, could enable access to a legal abortion. States with similar “aiding and abetting” laws could see them used against journalists and news outlets reporting on abortion access in other states.
If that is illegal under state law, we can think of this as an “invisible” offense: the patient won’t report it, nor will the provider; nor will the relative, friend, or partner who helps. In a state that bans the practice of medication abortions—and especially in a state that criminalizes them—the most obvious avenue to crack the case will be the reporter with those confidential sources. In
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