A ruling on a California animal welfare law could embolden states seeking to regulate abortion across state lines.
The ultimate outcome was a victory for the right of California voters to dictate requirements for meat sold in their state, even if much of it is produced elsewhere. | Al Golub/AP PhotoFarm conditions for pigs don’t seem to have anything to do with states’ salvos in the hard-fought battle over abortion. But a new Supreme Court ruling in an animal welfare case could become a tool in states’ burgeoning efforts to restrict or expand abortion access even beyond their own borders.
“We could see anti-abortion states and even pro-choice states enact policies that have secondary effects in other states,” said Drexel University law professor David Cohen. “Just like California said, ‘We don’t allow pork raised in a way that goes against our ethics,’ you could see states saying, ‘We can’t do business with this state or that state’” because of their abortion policies, he added.
The California ballot measure, passed with 63% support in 2018, sought to improve conditions for veal calves, egg-laying hens and breeding pigs. However, the Supreme Court case, known as, focused largely on the prolonged confinement of pregnant sows in pens where they cannot turn around.
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