Abortion shield laws not only conflict with existing state laws like these, but their advocates concede that undermining interstate comity is, in fact, their purpose.

Echelle says the interstate shield will make clear to drivers many who pass through Oklahoma from out of state, that the roads are full-service highways, fit for heavy travel.

Abortion shield laws are “novel protections” enacted in 18 states and Washington, D.C., says Lizzy Hinkley, senior state legislative counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which has ...

Abortion shield laws are “novel protections” enacted in 18 states and Washington, D.C., says Lizzy Hinkley, senior state legislative counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which has ...

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Changes since Dobbs: In January 2023, the state enacted interstate shield law, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights and in July 2023, the state passed a law prohibiting anti-abortion ...

With shield laws, “some people who might not have gotten an abortion if they had to take off work and go to a clinic, or wait three weeks and all of that, are doing it now,” said Dr. Linda ...

Currently, 18 states have some form of interstate shield laws. Eight of those states — California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, ...

More than 150,000 people traveled across state lines for an abortion last year. Many came from southern states that ban or ...

Another bill bolsters Illinois’ interstate shield law that prohibits Illinois authorities from disclosing information, or using resources, ...

In 2023, Maryland enacted into law interstate shield legislation to protect providers, patients, and those who help others access abortion from the reach of out-of-state investigations and lawsuits.