Since the Dobbs decision in 2022, Alabama has seen a 60% increase in crisis pregnancy center openings, with centers evolving into comprehensive agencies offering material support, counseling, and medical services. The Women’s Resource Center in southwestern Alabama has expanded services to include parenting classes, mental health counseling, STI screenings, and community education to better support women and families in the state.
Read →Alabama, along with Louisiana and Arkansas, is using public nuisance laws to challenge the interstate distribution of abortion medication, arguing that providers supplying abortion pills to residents in states with abortion restrictions can be held liable. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is part of the legal effort seeking Supreme Court review of shield laws in states like New York and California that protect providers prescribing abortion medication to patients in restrictive states.
Read →U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama joined 128 Republican members of Congress in requesting the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General to investigate Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates for compliance with federal funding laws and requirements.
Read →On September 30, 2026, the attorneys general of Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas filed two federal lawsuits challenging telehealth abortion providers and state shield laws in New York, Massachusetts, and California. The lawsuits seek to prevent enforcement of shield laws that protect providers dispensing abortion drugs into states like Alabama where abortion is restricted, and include claims under state consumer protection statutes of Alabama.
Read →Katie Britt has urged the Inspector General to investigate Planned Parenthood for potential misuse of federal funds. The request highlights serious concerns about the organization's financial practices.
Read →Retired Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker led prayer for the state courts at the third annual National Consecration of Our Court event held in Washington, DC on the first day of the Supreme Court's new term. The event emphasized the importance of prayer and informed citizen participation in judicial nominations, confirmations, and elections to protect unborn children.
Read →The Diocese of Fort Worth sponsored a shareholder proposal urging FedEx to analyze the legal and reputational risks of shipping the abortion pill mifepristone into states where abortion is illegal, citing the Comstock Act and recent regulatory changes. Alabama Attorney General joined lawsuits challenging the mailing of abortion pills into states that restrict abortion, including actions filed at the Supreme Court and against providers shipping the drugs.
Read →A national report by Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch calls for increased transparency and disclosure of medical directors at Alabama's 56 crisis pregnancy centers, which are increasingly offering ultrasound services and receiving government support. The report highlights concerns about oversight and accountability in Alabama's crisis pregnancy centers, noting that despite significant public investment, information about their medical staff is limited and recommends policy changes to improve transparency and patient confidence in the state.
Read →Pregnancy Help News · Lisa Bourne · May 9, 2025 · Read →
The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.
Read →The Lozier Institute provides abortion reporting data specific to Alabama for the year 2025. This report focuses on abortion statistics and trends within Alabama.
Read →Fight for Alabama Families presented U.S. Senator Katie Britt with its Pro-Family Champion Award in Washington, D.C., recognizing her efforts to protect access to IVF in Alabama and nationwide following the Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 embryo ruling.
Read →Alabama Reflector (abortion) · Sofia Resnick · March 19, 2026 · Read →
The appropriate, pro-life response to the Alabama ruling is not to gut Louisiana’s IVF laws. Rather, it is to recognize that ultimately, it is up to the industry to avoid another “Alabama situation” by maintaining standards that would have prevented the events that led to the Court case in the first place, and to reinforce those standards through legislative action that establishes, maintains, and reinforces accountability. Sen. Pressly’s bill does the opposite.
Read →Alabama’s 2024 abortion report was published online by the Alabama Department of Public Health in September 2025, showing that only three abortions at brick-and-mortar facilities in the state were reported to the Department. After Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, the state immediately started enforcing its prohibition on abortions within the state except […] The post Abortion Reporting: Alabama (2024) appeared first on Lozier Institute .
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