Quote Originally Posted by TinCow
The US doesn't care where the act was committed. If you are a US citizen, then US courts have jurisdiction over you. If you smoke weed in Amsterdam, you can be arrested for it when you get home. Just because it doesn't actually happen doesn't mean it's not possible.

Also, for the record, in most states that allow abortion, it is illegal for non-residents to receive them. In-state doctors who give abortions can be prosecuted for giving them to out-of-state residents.
Aww, that is harsh. Bu to be honest I don't know if we don't have it the same way here (though about weed it would be legal since smoking it is not illegal, only the posession).
But the point here (about the abortion) is exactly state law and not federal law. So in one state it is pre-meditated murder in the other it is perfectly legal. And let's assume that the courtruling will push the states further apart, so that the no-no to abortion states will treat it as murder, while the others allow people from other states to have abortions.
What would happen? Could the states really prosecute the poor girls? Or would it fall under the state law so that you could have abortions still?