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.

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 ...

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

Interstate shield laws, designed to protect abortion providers, supporters, and patient medical records from civil and ...

Interstate abortion battle escalates. A New York county clerk used the state’s shield law to stop Texas from punishing a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion medication to a ...

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.

Even operating under an interstate shield law doesn’t fully allay concerns for Thaxton or her Texas patients. “They are scared of criminalization from their home state, ...

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

More: Illinois House moves to protect emergency abortions ahead of US Supreme Court ruling House Bill 5239. Another bill adds additional protections in the state’s interstate shield law. Already ...