Any law that is a state law and not a federal one has the risk of not being executed to its fullest, for the simple reason that to enforce the law you have to ensure domicile and residency. Therefore women can definitely move from one state to another to have an abortion. Also the backlash of such legislation is that it results in illegal, unsafe and medically unsound abortions that can lead to serious corrupt services and medical malpractices. The common bane of developing countries is poverty and corruption that arises from that. Mexico has definitely made a gross error in this legislation by simply making it illegally as a state offense. If it had been a federal law it would be more effective.
In India we dont have such problems of abortions illegally because we dont mind killing the girl child after she is born. The government is cracking down on illegal sonography clinics where sex determination is performed. The thought and the rationale behind is well intended but it is only half the problem. Does the government care what happens to the baby after she is born. A follow up on how if a girl is delivered is she still alive after 5 years or 18 months or for that matter even one month. We need legislation for that, we need serious enforcing of a law that checks on girls born, and if dead under what circumstances.
Abortion regulations and laws are world over considered as a Women's Right to Choose. In our country its the other way around, keeping the child is considered as a Women's Right to choose. Millions of women every year lose their daughters because some archaic belief that we are a burden on them. Well they should be reminded that the Commander in Chief of the country and the Chairperson of the ruling party are both women.
