Jerry Nadler: “whoever knowingly transports. If the person who is getting the abortion is doing the driving, she is transporting. She…”

“whoever knowingly transports. If the person who is getting the abortion is doing the driving, she is transporting. She is not subject to this bill. The person sitting next to her is not transporting her, under the plain English language. I have read the definitions in the bill. There are definitions in this bill of other terms, but not of the term ``transport.'' The plain English meaning is that if she is driving, no one is transporting her. She is transporting herself. So what this bill does is criminalize someone going with her, depending on who is at the steering wheel. Now, I do not think that was the intent of the law, of the bill, but I think it is the clear meaning of the bill. I think it is just one more instance of how sloppily drafted, of necessity, this bill has to be because of the nature of it.”