Louisiana Asks Supreme Court to Stop States From Shielding Abortion Pill Providers
The states say shield laws let providers mail abortion pills across state lines and block enforcement of bans, with about 29 defendants named in a separate suit.
- On Wednesday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit challenging abortion shield laws in New York, California, and Massachusetts, while simultaneously suing 29 abortion pill providers in federal court.
- Shield laws enacted in Democratic-led states protect medical providers from prosecution for offering abortion care. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama contend these statutes unconstitutionally undermine their sovereignty by blocking enforcement of their own abortion bans.
- The federal lawsuit alleges 29 defendants operate an unregulated system, mailing medication without in-person consultations or medical verification. Murrill characterized the practice as "no different than if they were sending fentanyl."
- New York Attorney General Letitia James denounced the lawsuit, stating the states seek "to impose their abortion bans on New York and punish our doctors for providing legal health care." New York and California governors previously refused extradition requests for physicians accused of mailing pills.
- The Supreme Court must decide whether to accept this rare direct challenge, which argues shield laws violate the Constitution's Full Faith and Credit Clause. Legal experts call this the first time states have sued others over abortion protections.
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Los Angeles Times
Three Republican states turned to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge the “shield laws” on abortion that protect providers in three Democratic states, intensifying the legal conflict over pills that represent most of the treatments for termination of pregnancy.
Washington Times
The New York Ledger3 GOP states go to U.S. Supreme Court to challenge 3 Democratic-led states' abortion 'shield' laws
Three Republican states went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge abortion "shield laws" protecting providers in three Democratic states, escalating the legal conflict over pills that account for a majority of abortions.
Idaho Capital Sun
Arizona MirrorRepublican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New York to invalidate the so-called “shield laws” that have allowed providers in those states to send abortion medication to people in states with abortion […]
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3 GOP states go to US Supreme Court to challenge 3 Democratic-led states’ abortion ‘shield’ laws
Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana have gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge abortion “shield laws” in California, Massachusetts and New York that protect providers who prescribe abortion pills across state lines.
3 GOP states go to US Supreme Court to challenge 3 Democratic-led states’ abortion ‘shield’ laws – WTOP News
Three Republican states went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge abortion “shield laws” protecting providers in three Democratic states, escalating the legal conflict over pills that account for a majority of abortions. The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana contend that the laws in California, Massachusetts and New York undermine their...
3 GOP states go to US Supreme Court to challenge 3 Democratic-led stat
Three Republican states went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge abortion “shield laws” protecting providers in three Democratic states, escalating the legal conflict over pills that account for a majority of abortions. The attorneys
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