In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health the United States Supreme Court majority found the Constitution of the United States to be silent on the right of a woman to elect abortion of a not yet viable unborn child. They returned the question to each state, leaving a host of untested choices to their political processes.

In Alabama, organizations and individuals within the state seek to facilitate women’s access to legal, out-of-state abortions. They have filed a lawsuit because they fear prosecution due to a threat by Steve Marshall, the state’s attorney general, to prosecute such acts as aiding and abetting an act which, if performed in Alabama, would be a crime. New Jersey is a jurisdiction where abortions may lawfully be procured, making travel or aiding travel to the state subject to criminal charges in Alabama.