Preempt

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and 15 fellow attorneys general from Republican-led states are calling for federal intervention to counteract “shield laws” enacted in Democratic-run states that protect abortion providers from liability. The group addressed U.S. House and Senate leaders in a letter, urging Congress to take action to preempt these state laws that they argue obstruct pro-life legislation. The letter references the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which returned the authority to regulate abortion to individual states. Since that decision, many states with strict abortion … Read more