The reason they are doing this (and why every other politician talks about this issue) is to distract people from the fact that the US just killed a million of its own citizens through public heath policy that they knew would make the pandemic worse.
@Pat you’re right according to this opinion: https://www.culawreview.org/journal/the-post-dobbs-legality-of-out-of-state-abortion-travel-bans Thanks for the information. Still, the state legislature will commit to a legal battle that they can’t win over this, wasting tax revenue and riling up their base