Alabama’s Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.

In a court filing Monday, attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave the state to get an abortion could amount to a “criminal conspiracy.”

The court filing comes in response to lawsuits against Marshall that was filed in July from two women’s health centers and Yellowhammer Fund, an organization which says it provides “financial and practical support for those who are pregnant and require assistance.” The plaintiffs argue that Marshall violated their constitutional rights by publicly stating that organizations which help pregnant women in Alabama get an abortion out of state could be criminally investigated.

“Alabama can no more regulate out-of-state abortions than another state can deem its laws legalizing abortions to apply to Alabama,” the Yellowhammer Fund lawsuit argues.

    • Ertebolle
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      10 months ago

      Barrett is like the 4th most conservative justice; Alito’s the other crazy one. (I know it’s tempting to Handmaid’s Tale her, and her views on abortion are indeed abominable, but in most other cases she’s the sensible former Notre Dame law professor and tends to occupy the middle third with Kavanaugh and Roberts)

      • themeatbridge
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        Just the fact that Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Roberts are the middle third is terrifyingly distopian.

        • Ertebolle
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          310 months ago

          Well yes - we’ve still got at least a year of controlling the senate / WH, maybe we’ll get lucky and Thomas or Alito will be visited by 3 ghosts + decide to retire.