Law Courts

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on February 16, 2024, that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are legally recognized as children, a decision that has sparked significant debate about the ethics of IVF practices. This ruling directly impacts Alabama by affirming embryo personhood within the state, potentially influencing IVF procedures and abortion laws locally.