Two Alabama reproductive health agencies have filed separate lawsuits against the state’s attorney general after he has allegedly threatened to prosecute any individual who helps another travel across state lines to seek legal, out-of-state abortion care.
The two groups, the Yellowhammer Fund and the West Alabama Women’s Center, filed similar complaints Monday against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and other state officials for his threats to criminalize those “helpers,” who assist pregnant Alabamians travel across state lines for legal abortion care. Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a near total abortion ban went into effect in Alabama, which carries up to a $60,000 fine and a potential prison sentence of no less than 10 years, and as long as life imprisonment.
