Abortion Drugs & Practices

Alabama, along with Louisiana and Arkansas, is using public nuisance laws to challenge the interstate distribution of abortion medication, arguing that providers supplying abortion pills to residents in states with abortion restrictions can be held liable. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is part of the legal effort seeking Supreme Court review of shield laws in states like New York and California that protect providers prescribing abortion medication to patients in restrictive states.

U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama joined 128 Republican members of Congress in requesting the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General to investigate Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates for compliance with federal funding laws and requirements.

On September 30, 2026, the attorneys general of Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas filed two federal lawsuits challenging telehealth abortion providers and state shield laws in New York, Massachusetts, and California. The lawsuits seek to prevent enforcement of shield laws that protect providers dispensing abortion drugs into states like Alabama where abortion is restricted, and include claims under state consumer protection statutes of Alabama.

Katie Britt has urged the Inspector General to investigate Planned Parenthood for potential misuse of federal funds. The request highlights serious concerns about the organization's financial practices.

The Diocese of Fort Worth sponsored a shareholder proposal urging FedEx to analyze the legal and reputational risks of shipping the abortion pill mifepristone into states where abortion is illegal, citing the Comstock Act and recent regulatory changes. Alabama Attorney General joined lawsuits challenging the mailing of abortion pills into states that restrict abortion, including actions filed at the Supreme Court and against providers shipping the drugs.

Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama are targeting mail-order providers of mifepristone as well as state shield laws in a coordinated legal strategy. This effort involves challenging the distribution and legal protections related to abortion medication in these states.

The attorneys general of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have taken shield law states to the Supreme Court over the trafficking of chemical abortion pills into pro-life states, alleging these actions break state laws. This legal action involves Alabama directly through its attorney general's participation in the case against the distribution of abortion pills across state lines.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and other pro-life attorneys general have taken Democrat-led states to the Supreme Court over an illegal mail-order abortion pipeline. They are challenging the distribution of abortion pills through mail-order services across state lines.

Alabama has joined Louisiana and Arkansas in filing a lawsuit directly in the U.S. Supreme Court to block the mailing of abortion pills into states where abortion is banned, challenging so-called 'shield laws' from New York, California, and Massachusetts. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall accuses out-of-state providers of illegally shipping abortion drugs and seeks to halt deliveries and obtain damages.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined Arkansas and Louisiana in suing 29 defendants for illegally shipping abortion pills into their states, violating Alabama's pro-life laws designed to protect mothers and unborn children. The lawsuit highlights Alabama's stance against out-of-state actors who defy its abortion regulations, emphasizing the state's commitment to enforcing its laws and protecting life within its borders.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sent cease and desist letters to six companies accused of illegally advertising and selling abortion pills to consumers in Alabama, citing the state's near-total abortion ban and consumer protection laws. This action directly targets the mail-order abortion pill industry that Marshall claims is deceiving Alabama residents about the safety and legality of these drugs under state law.

U.S. Senator Katie Britt of Alabama joined 90 Republican lawmakers in filing an amicus brief urging the prohibition of mail-order mifepristone and the reinstatement of in-person dispensing requirements, citing safety concerns and legal issues under the Comstock Act. Alabama Senators Britt and Tommy Tuberville, along with Representatives Gary Palmer, Mike Rogers, and Robert Aderholt, signed the brief supporting Louisiana's lawsuit against the FDA's authorization of online abortion pill prescriptions.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized the FDA for not quickly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone and has taken actions including sending cease-and-desist letters to companies illegally selling abortion-inducing drugs to Alabama consumers. Marshall also joined a 14-state coalition urging the EPA to consider environmental risks of mifepristone, highlighting Alabama's active role in challenging federal abortion pill policies.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a 14-state coalition urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to impose tighter controls on the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone due to concerns about chemical contamination of American waterways.

The Alabama Attorney General has threatened to prosecute companies that sell abortion pills by mail. This news directly relates to Alabama as it involves the state's top legal official taking a stance on abortion pill distribution within Alabama.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has issued cease-and-desist letters to six companies illegally advertising and selling chemical abortion drugs to consumers in Alabama, enforcing the state's law that prohibits abortion and the mailing of abortifacients into the state. The letters warn these companies to stop their activities or face legal action under Alabama's consumer protection statutes, highlighting the state's commitment to prosecuting violations related to abortion-inducing drugs within Alabama.

A nonprofit called Mayday Health ran a billboard truck campaign across rural Alabama to inform residents that abortion pills like mifepristone and misoprostol remain available online and by mail despite legal confusion. This effort specifically targeted Alabama due to recent state and federal legal battles affecting abortion pill access, aiming to reach rural communities often missed by digital outreach.

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily preserved nationwide access to the abortion medication mifepristone while Alabama joined a 21-state coalition challenging the FDA's expanded telemedicine and mail access rules for the drug.

Alabama Senators Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt joined over 100 GOP lawmakers in urging the Supreme Court to reinstate in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion drug mifepristone, calling it "extremely dangerous." Tuberville, a vocal pro-life advocate from Auburn, also helped introduce legislation to withdraw FDA approval of mifepristone and empower women harmed by the drug to sue its manufacturers.

A federal appeals court injunction against mailing mifepristone has made abortion effectively inaccessible in Alabama, where surgical abortions have been illegal since the 2022 Dobbs ruling. This impacts Alabama residents who previously relied on mailed abortion pills or traveling out of state, with data showing thousands sought abortions outside Alabama in recent years.

WAWC Healthcare, formerly the busiest abortion clinic in Alabama located in Tuscaloosa, has expanded into a 10,000-square-foot center to address Alabama's maternal health crisis by providing comprehensive reproductive and prenatal care. The new facility aims to improve Alabama's poor maternal and infant mortality rates, especially among Black women, and includes initiatives like a satellite clinic in Birmingham and support for incarcerated mothers through a partnership with the Alabama Prison Birth Project.

Alabama lawmakers passed SB99 requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments with historical context, effective January 2027, and SB209 mandating abstinence-only sex education while banning instruction on abortion and contraceptives. These bills, supported by ALCAP and signed by Governor Kay Ivey, reflect Alabama's emphasis on Christian values and parental control in education.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a coalition of 22 state attorneys general supporting Louisiana in a lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone via mail and telehealth, arguing this federal rule undermines state abortion laws. This legal action directly involves Alabama as part of the multi-state effort to restrict abortion pill access in accordance with state-level abortion regulations.

Alabama U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville joined 49 GOP colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA to review the recent approval of a generic abortion pill, Mifeprex.