This is why GOP Senators are already talking about a federal ban on abortions:

If, as the bombshell leak of its private vote suggests, the supreme court weakens or overturns Roe v Wade " the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion " in an upcoming decision on Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban, states will be left with a confusing patchwork of laws that will probably lead to legal challenges.

A fresh wave of restrictions will probably center around patients who leave their state to obtain legal abortions in other states, or who order medications to manage their abortions at home.

Lawmakers in Missouri weighed legislation early this year that would allow individuals to sue anyone helping a patient cross state lines for an abortion. The law was ultimately blocked in the state's legislature, but experts expect such legislation to gain more support if Roe is weakened or overturned.

"I think states are not going to rest with just saying there won't be abortions in our state.' I think they're going to want to ban abortion for their citizens as much as they can, which would mean stopping them from traveling," said David Cohen, professor at Drexel University's Kline School of Law and lead author of a forthcoming article on cross-state legal issues that could arise in the abortion context.

"We're going to see state-against-state battles that are really going to divide this country even deeper on this issue," he said.

Not only have some states played around with the idea of making it a crime for a woman to leave the state to have an abortion, but they also have come up with the idea of making it a crime for someone to assist her in doing so. That means partners, family members and friends who accompany the woman can also be charged. Then there is the issue of authorities questioning if a miscarriage is really a miscarriage or an attempted abortion, and women are starting to consider the repercussions:

I was listening to my local public radio station this morning, and during a segment on Alito's draft ruling, one of the commentators mentioned how devastating this ruling will be on women in the military, who already often work in states where it is difficult to get an abortion and who often can't take extended time off to travel out of state to have one. Today I read this account from a woman who served, which puts into stark perspective what these women are going to be up against:

CONTENT WARNING (sexual assault): ABORTION: When I was 21, I was drugged and raped violently in the military. When I tried to report it, I was told I'd be dishonorably discharged for filing a false report and court martialed for adultery because my rapist was married 1/

The Fugitive Abortion Act coming to a state near you:

Missouri's Proposed Anti-Abortion Law Has an Eerie Resemblance to the Fugitive Slave Act

The past is back.

A Missouri lawmaker wants her state to follow in Texas' footsteps and outlaw almost all abortions through the use of a citizen-enforced ban. But Republican Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman hopes to take the Texas framework even further--literally outside the boundaries of her state.

Since September, Texas has stopped nearly all legal abortions after roughly six weeks gestation by deputizing individuals to sue anyone who performs the procedure, or aids and abets anyone seeking one. Coleman's proposed legislation would not only allow citizens to sue anyone who performs an abortion for a Missouri resident, but anyone who helps or even attempts to help a Missouri resident seek an abortion in or out of state. In other words, Missouri's law would come for people outside of Missouri.

"Wow, you're really this stupid!"

Let's just say reading comprehension is not his strong suit.