Alabama’s Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.
In a court filing Monday, attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave the state to get an abortion could amount to a “criminal conspiracy.”
The court filing comes in response to lawsuits against Marshall that was filed in July from two women’s health centers and Yellowhammer Fund, an organization which says it provides “financial and practical support for those who are pregnant and require assistance.” The plaintiffs argue that Marshall violated their constitutional rights by publicly stating that organizations which help pregnant women in Alabama get an abortion out of state could be criminally investigated.
“Alabama can no more regulate out-of-state abortions than another state can deem its laws legalizing abortions to apply to Alabama,” the Yellowhammer Fund lawsuit argues.
Know what I would do if I were a billionaire? I’d fund cases fighting these clowns. Hundreds of challenges to these stupid asshats like the “Scopes Monkey Trial” (which was a test case, designed to kill a law, if you didn’t know). But then again, no one who believes in actual altruism becomes a billionaire, so this is sort of fantasy.
I know a few trust funders who don’t have the billions but since they don’t need to make money they’ve taken up jobs that contribute to the world they want to see. Lawyers and counsellors who work on a sliding scale.