Alabama cannot prosecute people and organizations who help residents of the state travel elsewhere to get abortions, a federal judge has ruled, in one of the first decisions over the right to travel for abortion.

Although most abortions remain illegal in Alabama, the decision allows doctors and advocacy groups to tell patients about abortion options in other states, and help with travel and other costs

A federal judge in Alabama ruled late Monday evening that the state attorney general cannot prosecute interest groups for helping women travel out of the state to obtain abortions. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson wrote in a 131-page opinion that the right to interstate travel,