Judge blocks prosecutions in Alabama for out-of-state abortion assistance

Protesters for women’s rights hold a rally on the Alabama Capitol steps in Montgomery to protest the law making abortion a crime in nearly all cases (AP)

Alabama’s attorney general cannot prosecute people and groups who help women travel to other states to obtain abortions, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

US District Judge Myron Thompson sided with an abortion fund and medical providers who sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall after he suggested they could face prosecution under anti-conspiracy laws.