A federal judge ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute doctors or reproductive health organizations for assisting patients in traveling out of state for abortion services. This decision came after Alabama's attorney general suggested criminal charges against those recommending out-of-state care. Clinics argued this would infringe upon their First Amendment rights and the constitutional right to travel. The judge emphasized that while Alabama can govern its own laws, it cannot enforce them in other states against lawful conduct. This ruling was supported by the Biden administration's Justice Department, underscoring a significant legal principle.
It is one thing for Alabama to outlaw by statute what happens in its own backyard... It is another thing for the state to enforce its values and laws... outside its boundaries.
The Justice Department under the Biden administration... argued that threatened criminal prosecutions violate a bedrock principle of American constitutional law.
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