Louisiana Asks Supreme Court to Stop States From Shielding Abortion Pill Providers
The states say shield laws block enforcement of abortion bans and protect providers who mail pills across state lines.
- On Wednesday, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin linked arms with Alabama and Louisiana to sue 29 defendants for shipping abortion pills into states with bans, alleging they deliberately bypassed safety safeguards.
- Following the 2022 Dobbs decision, these states enacted near-total abortion bans; yet organizations have continued shipping abortion-inducing medications to residents, prompting officials to claim these actions violate state laws.
- The civil suit targets doctors and healthcare clinics, arguing their distribution methods violate federal public nuisance common law and Arkansas consumer-protection regulations by misrepresenting medication safety and efficacy.
- Separately, the three states filed an original action in the United States Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of shield laws in California, Massachusetts, and New York that protect providers.
- While Griffin attempts to uphold these bans, the Supreme Court recently ordered that women may continue obtaining abortion pills by mail as cases proceed, complicating local enforcement efforts.
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BREAKING: Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas Take Abortion-Pill 'Drug-Dealing' Network and Blue-State Shield Laws to the SUPREME COURT
Attorney General Liz Murrill and two fellow Republican AGs sue New York, California and Massachusetts at the Supreme Court over shield laws they say block investigations into the online abortion-pill pipeline.
Arkansas attorney general sues 29 defendants over abortion pills sent via mail | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Wednesday that the state has joined Alabama and Louisiana in filing a federal lawsuit against 29 defendants for shipping abortion pills across state lines.
AG Liz Murrill sues states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her counterparts in Arkansas and Alabama announced Wednesday they are suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication to people in states where it is illegal. The lawsuit, filed directly with the U.S. Supreme Court, alleges laws in California, Massachusetts and New […]
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