Oh you're from Texas? Better pray nobody finds out you went to California for that abortion & reports you to the morality police for the $10,000 bounty

Simple solution: don't go back to Texas. Let the exodus from such regressive states begin. Emigration is the ultimate way to vote with your wallet.

That's one strategy, yes. How about joining the migration of blue going IN TO the state to actually change the backward laws?

How economically accessible is interstate travel in US for average citizens?

Depends where you live. Best case it’s minutes on the road and a few bucks in gas. Worst case it’s many hours of travel and tens to hundreds of dollars in gas or bus/airline tickets. Most major cities aren’t more than a few hours from the next state over. A few states like Texas are uniquely huge, making travel outside the state more difficult.

Depends a lot on the situation/distance, but someone who requires an abortion has a decent chance of already being economically vulnerable.

You can take a Greyhound bus from Dallas to California for under $200.

https://www.greyhound.com/en-us/bus-from-dallas-to-los-angel...

you're forgetting: - what's the expected cost of leaving work for the trip and recovery (no sick days guaranteed available), and given they work in a state where the reason of their trip would be illegal - what share of women in these states have free access to their finances / have their finances controlled by their partner

indeed this will mainly impact the poor and powerless

Note that's $200 each way. So $400.

And when I clicked the link, most tickets were showing as $250 - so $500 round trip not including lodging.

Like flying to London.....