More than a dozen Republican-led states are calling on Congress to ban so‑called abortion shield laws—statutes in pro-abortion states that protect providers from liability for breaking anti-abortion laws elsewhere.
In a July 29 letter to congressional leaders in both chambers, Republican attorneys general from 15 states described the laws as an affront to federalism and a challenge to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, which returned abortion policy to states.
The letter’s signatories say that abortion shield laws allow doctors in states such as California and New York to defy bans elsewhere—including by mailing abortion drugs into states where the procedure is illegal—while evading extradition or civil penalties….
Republican States Call on Congress to Block Pro-Abortion Shield Laws
