Abortion rights advocates and providers are suing Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, seeking to block him from prosecuting people who help patients travel outside the state to end pregnancies.

Alabama’s Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has issued a ruling making it clear that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and district attorneys across the state cannot prosecute individuals, including ...