A lawsuit against Alabama’s attorney general over his threat to prosecute organizations that help people cross state lines for an abortion can proceed, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson found that the groups that brought the complaint had sufficiently alleged that Attorney General Steve Marshall’s threats, if carried out, would violate the right to travel and free speech. Thompson’s preliminary ruling, issued Monday, denied Marshall’s request for dismissal. Last July, the... Read this story
