Q&A:
- What does the overturn of Roe mean for victims of sex crimes?
Answer: The reversal of Roe could help assist law enforcement’s capture and prosecution of violators of the Mann Act. The Mann Act prohibits the transportation of victims of sex crimes across state lines by their abusers in order to coverer up those crimes through things such as abortion.
- Are President Biden and the federal and state attorneys general going to uphold the Mann Act?
Answer: President Biden seems to be saying that his administration will protect the “bedrock right” of travel across state lines, specifically to secure an abortion resulting from a sex crime, saying, “So extreme women and girls who are forced to bear their rapist’s child— of the child of consequence” (not a typo). Similarly, the Monday after the reversal of Roe, twenty-two states’ attorneys general submitted a collective statementpromising, “If you seek access to abortion…, we’re committed to using the full force of the law to support you.” The role of law enforcement, like states’ attorneys general, is to enforce the law. Will Biden and states’ attorneys general enforce the Mann Act?
About Rev. James Harden…
Rev. James R. Harden, M.Div. is the CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services and lives outside of Rochester, NY with his wife and ten children. Jim pioneered the first measurable and repeatable medical model in the pregnancy center movement, helping hundreds of centers nationwide become more effective at reaching more women and saving more babies from abortion. He has written extensively on medical ethics, executive leadership, and pro-life strategy.
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