The comment came after Attorney General Steve Marshall argued Alabama can prosecute people who help women travel for abortions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2023. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday night his state will not cooperate with states seeking to prosecute women or doctors for seeking abortions.
Marshall’s statement came in a motion Monday in federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by providers, the ACLU and Yellowhammer Fund, which helped fund abortions in Alabama before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the right to an abortion with itsThe lawsuit, filed July 31, alleged Marshall violated the right to free speech when he said that individuals could be charged with conspiracy for helping women get abortions in other states.
“Though abortion may be legal elsewhere, it is plainly illegal pursuant to Ala. Code § 13A-4-4 for Plaintiffs to conspire with others to procure abortions that would be illegal in Alabama,” according to Marshall’s motion. “The criminal conduct is the agreement itself, which is conduct that occurs in Alabama that Alabama has every right to prosecute. Thus, the legality of abortion in other States is irrelevant to whether Alabama can prosecute a conspiracy formed in Alabama.
Attorneys for the Yellowhammer Fund argued that authorities in Alabama cannot prosecute someone for conspiracy in another state where abortion is legal.April visited Montgomery on the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’sNewsom said activists should draw inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement in combatting “the rollback of progress” in red states, including Alabama.
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