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Three GOP states sue in Supreme Court over abortion pill shield laws

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Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas filed suit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday against New York, California and Massachusetts, challenging shield laws that protect providers who mail abortion pills into states that ban abortion. Louisiana's attorney general also filed a separate state lawsuit against more than 30 people and organizations accused of prescribing, dispensing or shipping the pills into those states.

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