Attorneys general from three conservative states have filed a lawsuit at the U.S. Supreme Court targeting abortion shield laws in three Democratic-led states. The laws in question protect physicians who prescribe and mail abortion medication, a practice now under legal challenge. The lawsuit argues these protections interfere with state-level restrictions on abortion access. The case could set a precedent for how medication abortion regulations are enforced nationwide.


Three attorneys general in anti-abortion states filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the abortion shield laws of three Democratic-led states that protect physicians who send medication abortion through the mail.  Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R), along with her counterparts in Alabama and Arkansas, said the shield laws in New...