Murrill Urges Crackdown on Abortion Pill Shipments to States with Bans

Liz Murrill, Republican AGs ask Congress to counter abortion pill shield laws

Attorney General Liz Murrill. (Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator) Republican attorneys general from 15 states, including Louisiana’s Liz Murrill, are calling on Congress to prevent states where abortion is legal from shielding doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication for people in states where the procedure is banned.  After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion immediately became restricted in most…

Louisiana AG and 15 states demand Congress crack down on abortion pill shield laws

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is joining 15 other states in urging Congress to crack down on laws in states that protect people who mail abortion pills to states where it is banned. This request comes after a woman was accused of getting abortion pills from a doctor in New York and giving them to her teenage daughter. The girl had a medical emergency after taking the pills, and now both the woman an…

Murrill urges crackdown on abortion pill shipments to states with bans

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is calling on Congress to take federal action against states that shield abortion pill providers from prosecution, joining a coalition of 16 Republican attorneys general seeking to curb the shipment of…

Louisiana AG Murrill asks Congress to take federal action in abortion pill shipments

Attorney General Liz Murrill calls on Congress to halt abortion pill shipments to states like Louisiana where abortion is illegal.

Louisiana AG asks Congress for law against sending abortion pills to states where it is illegal

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill co-signed a letter with 14 other state attorneys general asking Congress for legislation against the mailing of abortion pills to states where it is illegal. "Out-of-state abortion pill peddlers are violating the criminal laws of Louisiana and other states across the country that choose life," Murrill said. "If the FDA won't act, Congress must."The letter asks Congress to consider passing fede…