California May Test Constitution by Ignoring Abortion Orders

California lawmakers are getting set to pick a fight with Texas or any other state that lets private citizens sue those who help women get abortions—just in case any future litigation crosses state lines.

Debates are happening in statehouses around the country as politicians try to get new laws on the books before the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to end a pregnancy before viability.

The latest of those votes came Tuesday, when Oklahoma lawmakers gave final legislative approval to a bill ...