Abortion Policy, Law & Politics

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Abortion Policy, Law & Politics

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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Piper Hutchinson|Arkansas Advocate|New
Abortion Policy, Law & Politics

The attorneys general of Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas filed a lawsuit on September 30 challenging the abortion 'shield laws' of New York, California, and Massachusetts, asking the Supreme Court to hear the case. The lawsuit argues that these shield laws protect abortion providers who mail abortion-inducing drugs to states with abortion restrictions, and the case has drawn responses from both sides, including statements from New York Attorney General Letitia James and pro-life leader Marjorie Dannenfelser.

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Kate Scanlon|OSV News|New
Abortion Policy, Law & Politics

A Pulaski County circuit judge is considering whether to dismiss the constitutional challenge to Arkansas’ abortion ban after hearing arguments from the plaintiffs and the state in a two-hour hearing Monday. Circuit Judge Cara Connors did not say when she expected to rule regarding the lawsuit filed earlier this year by six women and an […]

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Tess Vrbin|Arkansas Advocate|New

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