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Since the Dobbs decision in 2022, Alabama has seen a 60% increase in crisis pregnancy center openings, with centers evolving into comprehensive agencies offering material support, counseling, and medical services. The Women’s Resource Center in southwestern Alabama has expanded services to include parenting classes, mental health counseling, STI screenings, and community education to better support women and families in the state.

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.

Retired Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker led prayer for the state courts at the third annual National Consecration of Our Court event held in Washington, DC on the first day of the Supreme Court's new term. The event emphasized the importance of prayer and informed citizen participation in judicial nominations, confirmations, and elections to protect unborn children.

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.

The Lozier Institute provides abortion reporting data specific to Alabama for the year 2025. This report focuses on abortion statistics and trends within Alabama.

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.

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Scott Stadthagen used his turn on President Donald Trump’s Mobile stage on Friday to go after Doug Jones on abortion, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) on women’s sports and both Democrats on out-of-state money. Stadthagen (R-Hartselle), a State Rep. since 2018, was elected party chairman in March. “You know, here in […] The post ‘Here in Alabama, we know exactly what a woman is’: ALGOP Chairman Scott Stadthagen torches Shomari Figures and Doug Jones at Trump’s Mobile rally appeared first on Yellowhammer News .

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, along with Louisiana and Arkansas, has filed a lawsuit against New York, California, and Massachusetts in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging abortion shield laws.

Alabama, along with Arkansas and Louisiana, has filed a lawsuit against states that have enacted shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers. The legal action involves challenging protections that prevent prosecution of abortion-pill providers in those states.

Alabama, along with other states, has taken its fight against abortion shield laws to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). This legal action involves challenging laws that protect abortion providers from certain legal consequences.

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.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her counterparts in Arkansas and Alabama announced Wednesday they are suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication to people in states where it is illegal. The lawsuit, filed directly with the U.S. Supreme Court, alleges laws in California, Massachusetts and New […]

Three attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging abortion shield laws in three Democratic-led states.

Fight for Alabama Families presented U.S. Senator Katie Britt with its Pro-Family Champion Award in Washington, D.C., recognizing her efforts to protect access to IVF in Alabama and nationwide following the Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 embryo ruling.

The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.

Melinda French Gates' philanthropic organization Pivotal awarded a $5 million grant to the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, enabling the clinic to expand into a full-service health center offering pregnancy care, midwifery, and mental health services after Alabama's abortion ban took effect in 2022. This expansion reflects the clinic's adaptation to Alabama's abortion restrictions and ongoing healthcare challenges faced by women and families in the state.

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.

Mobile County businessman Doug Harwell is running for the Alabama Senate District 34 Republican nomination, aiming to bring Christian, conservative values and a business-minded approach to the state legislature. Harwell, a pro-life and pro-Second Amendment candidate, emphasizes priorities including economic growth, education reform, public safety, and protecting natural resources important to Alabamians in District 34.

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.