Three Republican-led states asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 1 to invalidate abortion “shield laws” that protect abortion providers in three Democrat-led states.
Attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, argue that shield laws in California, Massachusetts, and New York undercut their abortion bans and their authority to enforce them. Federal rules allow abortion pills to be prescribed by telehealth and delivered by mail. The three states want to keep the drugs out of their states and punish out-of-state providers who send them in.
University of California, Davis, law professor Mary Ziegler, who has written seven books on abortion law and history, said “this is the first time we’ve seen a state or group of states suing other states to challenge the validity of shield laws.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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