Push grows to curb out-of-state abortions

Missouri Representative Mary Coleman had proposed a bill allowing private citizens to sue anyone helping a Missouri woman access abortion outside the state. But the bill failed to pass earlier this year.

However, the idea is catching on in some states where most abortions are now illegal following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove federal protection of women's right to abortion.

A few anti-abortion groups are working with some Republican state legislators to draft model legislation allowing private citizens to sue people who help women in states where abortion is illegal to get an abortion in states where abortion is legal.