杰夫·马尔维希尔、约翰·汉纳周三，阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州和路易斯安那州这三个共和党执政州向美国最高法院起诉三个民主党执政州，挑战保护 abortion 医疗服务提供者的“庇护法”，使围绕占大多数堕胎案例的堕胎药所引发的法律冲突进一步升级。
GEOFF MULVIHILL, JOHN HANNA Three Republican states went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge abortion “shield laws” protecting providers in three Democratic states, escalating the legal conflict over pills that account for a majority of abortions.
这三个州的州总检察长主张，加利福尼亚州、马萨诸塞州和纽约州的法律削弱了本州的堕胎禁令，也侵犯了本州的主权。联邦规定允许通过远程医疗开具堕胎药处方，并以邮寄方式配药；这三个共和党执政州希望继续阻止堕胎药流入，并惩罚向其境内寄送药物的州外医疗服务提供者。
The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana contend that the laws in California, Massachusetts and New York undermine their abortion bans and their states’ sovereignty. Federal regulations allow prescriptions for abortion pills to be made by telehealth and filled by mail, and the three GOP states want to keep the pills out and punish out-of-state providers for sending them.
加州大学戴维斯分校法学教授玛丽·齐格勒说：“这是我们第一次看到一个州或一组州起诉其他州，以挑战庇护法的有效性。”她著有七本有关堕胎法律与历史的著作。
“This is the first time we’ve seen a state or group of states suing other states to challenge the validity of shield laws,” said Mary Ziegler, a University of California, Davis, law professor and author of seven books on abortion law and history. The Supreme Court can hear disputes between states directly, though it rarely does.
最高法院可以直接审理州与州之间的争端，尽管这种情况很少见。如果最高法院介入此案，可能使现有诉讼提前了结。
If the top court weighs in, it could short-circuit existing lawsuits. Louisiana and anti-abortion activists have been frustrated with a lack of federal action by President Donald Trump’s administration against medication abortion.
路易斯安那州和反堕胎活动人士一直不满特朗普政府没有就药物流产采取联邦行动。路易斯安那州总检察长莉兹·默里尔起诉了美国食品药品监督管理局，反对后者允许邮寄处方药的规定。在该案审理期间，最高法院于5月维持了堕胎药的获取渠道。
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its rules allowing mail-order prescriptions. The Supreme Court in May preserved access to abortion medications as that case plays out. “We need and deserve the opportunity to be able to enforce our laws against those who have chosen, despite their knowledge of the illegality, to continue to foster abortion in our state,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said during a news conference with Murrill and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin.
阿拉巴马州总检察长史蒂夫·马歇尔在与默里尔和阿肯色州总检察长蒂姆·格里芬举行的新闻发布会上说：“我们有权，也理应有机会，对那些明知违法却仍执意继续在我们州内促进堕胎的人执行我们的法律。”
Thirteen states ban abortion in all stages of pregnancy, which the Supreme Court allowed in its 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
有十三个州在怀孕的各个阶段都禁止堕胎；然而，美国最高法院在2022年推翻“罗诉韦德案”（Roe v. Wade）的裁决后，允许堕胎行为继续存在。大多数由民主党控制的州都采取了保护堕胎权益的措施，其中八个州还制定了专门的法律，旨在保护那些为这些禁止堕胎的州的患者提供堕胎药物的医疗人员。
Most Democratic-controlled states adopted abortion protections, including eight with laws intended to protect providers who prescribe abortion pills for patients in states with bans. Louisiana and Texas have pursued criminal charges and civil claims against doctors based in New York and California.
路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州已经对来自纽约州和加利福尼亚州的医生提起了刑事诉讼和民事诉讼。加利福尼亚州和纽约州的官员以当地的法律为依据，拒绝配合这些诉讼。
Officials in California and New York have refused to cooperate, citing their shield laws. “Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are asking the Supreme Court to let them impose their abortion bans on New York and punish our doctors for providing legal health care,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Wednesday.
“路易斯安那州、阿拉巴马州和阿肯色州正在请求最高法院允许它们在纽约州实施堕胎禁令，并惩罚那些为患者提供合法医疗服务的医生，”纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）在周三的一份声明中表示。
Ziegler said Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana would have a stronger case if they had first tried to get the highest court in one of the three other states to force its officials to cooperate.
齐格勒（Ziegler）指出，如果这三个州中的任何一个州首先尝试通过法律手段迫使其他州的官员配合调查，那么阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州和路易斯安那州的诉讼理由会更加充分。她还指出，这场诉讼的时机非常奇怪——距离11月的国会中期选举只有六周时间，而这次选举对共和党来说可能非常艰难。
She also said the lawsuit’s timing is odd — six weeks before November congressional midterm elections that could prove difficult for the GOP. “This may be an example of the political incentives not being the same for state-level Republicans versus federal Republicans,” she said.
“这或许反映了州级共和党人与联邦共和党人在政治立场上的差异：如果在竞争激烈的选举中，提及堕胎问题显然不是一个明智的选择；但如果你是路易斯安那州的总检察长，情况就不同了，”她说。不过，德克萨斯大学法学教授雷切尔·雷布什（Rachel Rebouche）认为，自首批相关法律颁布以来，对其他州提起诉讼一直是共和党州政府的潜在法律策略。“这件事拖了这么久，实在令人惊讶，”她说道。
“If you’re running in a contested race, calling attention to abortion is not a great idea, but if you’re Louisiana attorney general, you’re not really in that position.”But Rachel Rebouche, a University of Texas law professor, said suing other states has been a potential legal strategy for GOP states since the first shield laws were enacted. “That it’s taken this long is kind of remarkable,” she said.
早在“罗诉韦德案”被推翻之前，堕胎药就已经是美国最常见的终止妊娠的方式；而远程医疗技术使得即使在禁止堕胎的州，人们也能通过这种方式获得堕胎服务。这三位共和党总检察长表示，他们所在的州每月都有数百名患者使用堕胎药来终止妊娠。
Even before Roe was overturned, abortion pills were the most common means of ending pregnancies in the U.S., and telehealth makes abortion available even where it’s banned. The three GOP attorneys general said hundreds of patients in their states use pills to end pregnancies each month.
周三，阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州和路易斯安那州对30家州外堕胎药提供商及其高管提起诉讼，指控他们虚假宣传和其他损害堕胎禁令州患者的不当行为。
Also on Wednesday, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana filed a lawsuit against 30 out-of-state abortion pill providers and their officers, accusing them of false advertising and other misconduct harming patients in states with abortion bans.
FDA科学家多次认定该疗法安全有效，尽管该机构目前正在审查其规定。
FDA scientists have repeatedly found the regimen safe and effective, though the agency is now reviewing its rules.