By Grayson Quay The Week

Missouri’s state legislature is considering a proposal that would empower private citizens to sue anyone who helps a Missouri woman obtain an abortion, even if the abortion takes place in another state, Politico reported Saturday.

“If a Missouri resident is hurt, even in Illinois, by a product that they bought in Illinois, there is still jurisdiction for them to sue in a Missouri court because that’s home for them … this is extending that same kind of thought to abortion jurisprudence,” state Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, who is pushing the policy in the form of amendments to health bills, told Politico.

The Texas Heartbeat Act, which allows private citizens to sue anyone who “aids or abets” a woman in obtaining an abortion, uses a similar enforcement mechanism but does not apply to out-of-state abortions.

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