Republican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court

By: Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Outlets: Stateline

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 612

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago


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BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New York to invalidate the so-called “shield laws” that have allowed providers in those states to send abortion medication to people in states with abortion bans.

The state officials, all Republicans, also filed a lawsuit in federal district court against individual abortion providers …

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