Red states target shield laws

Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas asked the US Supreme Court to strike down blue-state abortion shield laws.

Shield laws enable out-of-state care

Shield laws protect doctors and providers in liberal states who deliver abortion care to people in states with near-total abortion bans.

States cite constitutional violation

The lawsuit claims California, Massachusetts, and New York violated the Full Faith and Credit Clause by circumventing Republican-passed abortion bans.

Second lawsuit targets providers

A second lawsuit accuses over two dozen providers and pharmacists of a coordinated scheme to send abortion pills through mail in violation of strict bans.

Provider operations scale

The Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project fills over 6,000 pill orders monthly, 95 percent to states with abortion bans.

Lawsuit claims constitutional breach

The lawsuit states the constitutional system does not tolerate blatant disregard for a state’s sovereign authority.

“Our constitutional system does not tolerate such blatant disregard for a state’s sovereign authority.”

Shield laws combat abortion bans

Shield laws prevent law enforcement from acting against abortion doctors, helpers, or patients in states with near-total abortion bans.

Telemedicine and pills drive access

Telehealth accounts for 30 percent of US abortions, with almost two-thirds using pills.

Louisiana faces pill shipments

Louisiana received nearly 1,000 abortion pill packages monthly from out-of-state providers by year’s end.

Attorney general defends state

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said states cannot be forced to accept abortion providers from other states.

“We will not allow activist states, activist providers or distributors profiting from killing babies to threaten Louisiana’s sovereignty, violate Louisiana’s laws and endanger Louisiana women and Louisiana babies.”

Supreme Court scrutiny

Justice Samuel Alito called shield laws a 'scheme to undermine' the Dobbs decision during a recent Supreme Court hearing.

Blue states claim policy authority

The lawsuit argues blue states have claimed the right to make abortion policy for the entire nation by overriding pro-life states’ laws.

“Blue states 'have claimed the right to make abortion policy, their abortion policy, for the entire Nation by overriding democratically enacted laws in pro-life states.'”