According to a new report, patients seeking out-of-state abortions and gender-affirming care are at risk of increased surveillance from law enforcement. The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) released a report Tuesday detailing the elevated dangers for patients who travel for abortions or gender-affirming care. Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director of STOP said, "Even as progressive states seek to protect abortion and gender-affirming care within the borders, anti-choice states are expanding the threat that they will prosecute residents who leave the state to find evidence-based medical treatment." Cahn emphasized that patients must understand how they can be tracked by law enforcement even when outside of the state. The report comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, which eliminated the 1973 precedent granting the constitutional right to abortion. The Supreme Court granted states the authority to limit or ban the procedure. In the months that followed, several Republican-led states moved against residents’ access to abortions. STOP research director Eleni Manis said while there’s no open road anymore, there are relatively safer travel methods. The report noted taking taxi rides could lower the risk in some cities that don’t collect ridership data. #Queer Up Health