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 “I don't know why it was necessary; it was just part of the bill that was brought in front of us,” Dennis Jones, one of four Mitchell County commissioners that voted to approve the resolution, tells Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/abortion-trafficking-texas-1234822300/ 
 “Unless they’ve got a billboard on top of the car, who’s gonna know they’re going somewhere to get an abortion?” Jones asked. “It’s unenforceable.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/abortion-trafficking-texas-1234822300/ 
 @8084e121 its purpose is to raise the punishment amount. To instill even more fear and control. And oh he understands it.