WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following newsletter:

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation (https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/D2247A0D-11A1-4906-99C8-9EEDBA80ECCE) today preventing abortionists and gender transition providers from evading law enforcement by fleeing across state lines to Washington D.C. after performing abortions and procedures in states where doing so is illegal. Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced the House version of the bill.

"Our nation's capital should not be a refuge for people who take the lives of children or wreck their bodies with illegal drugs" said Senator Mike Lee. "Criminals on the lam can escape to DC after performing abortions in states where they are illegal, because they kn...