Alabama Leads 20 States Supporting South Carolina In Abortion Lawsuit

An ultrasound machine sits next to an exam table in an examination room at Whole Woman's Health of South Bend in South Bend, Indiana, on June 19, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Twenty states led by Alabama are supporting South Carolina’s defense of a new abortion law, arguing that a federal judge was wrong to pause the entire measure instead of just the portion being challenged in court.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall argued that U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis was wrong to pause the entire measure in a July 13 filing with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (pdf) on behalf of the states.