The feds might weigh in on a lawsuit filed this summer against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. Abortion providers and a non-profit advocacy group have sued over statements Marshall made saying the state could prosecute people who assist those who travel out of state to terminate pregnancies.
Published: Nov. 07, 2023, 12:29 p.m.U.S. Department of Justice lawyers might get involved in a lawsuit pitting abortion rights advocates against the Alabama attorney general over statements that people who help women travel out of state for abortions can face prosecution.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that states could make their own laws on abortion, striking down. The decision created a patchwork of abortion laws across the country. Alabama immediately outlawed abortion except in cases where the mother’s life is at risk. Alabama’s Human Life Protection Act made it illegal to perform an abortion, which is punishable by up to 99 years in prison.
The U.S. Department of Justice has gotten involved in other states’ abortion restrictions. Last year, attorneys for the agency challenged Idaho’s abortion ban on the grounds that the medical exemptions were too narrow and could lead to women being denied emergency medical care. A federal appeals court has temporarily stopped Idaho from fully enforcing its abortion ban while it hears the case.
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