Bracey Harris is a national reporter for NBC News, based in Jackson, Mississippi.
A federal court judge in Alabama will soon answer a crucial question: In a state where abortion is illegal, can health care providers and advocates be punished for helping patients seek the procedure elsewhere? In 2022, just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the state’s abortion ban kicked in, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, explained on a radio show that groups helping to fund out-of-state abortions could face felony charges.
Health Care, along with other health care providers, have some reason for optimism. In May, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson for the Middle District of Alabama, who will rule on the case, declined the state’s request to dismiss it. “Alabama can no more restrict people from going to, say, California to engage in what is lawful there than California can restrict people from coming to Alabama to do what is lawful here,” he wrote at the time.
Healthcare, another plaintiff in the case, which is being represented by the ACLU, used to offer abortions, but has remained open to provide prenatal care and other reproductive health care, such as wellness exams. Robin Marty, the organization's executive director, says the clinic’s doctor sees pregnant patients who are often at high risk of complications. But discussions about abortion as an option are off the table.
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