Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills
1 week, 2 days ago

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills

India Today  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the US to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws because they don’t know if they’re protected by shield laws?” Ziegler said in an interview Friday. It began enforcing a state law in 2021 — even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans — that barred nearly all abortions by allowing citizens to sue anyone who provides an abortion or assists someone in obtaining one. “As other states move to attack those who provide or obtain abortion care, New York is proud to be a safe haven for abortion access,” James said in a prepared statement.

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Shield law challenge: Texas sues New York doctor for providing abortion pills
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1 week, 2 days ago

Shield law challenge: Texas sues New York doctor for providing abortion pills

Firstpost  

The lawsuit accuses New York Dr. Maggie Carpenter of violating Texas law by providing the drugs to a Texas patient and seeks up to $250,000. File image/ AP Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed …

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills
1 week, 2 days ago

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills

Raw Story  

Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor on Friday that he accused of unlawfully providing a Texas woman abortion pills in violation of the conservative state’s strict abortion laws. The state’s three-term Republican attorney general claimed in the lawsuit filed Friday that physician Margaret Daley Carpenter violated a Texas law banning a physician from mailing or …

The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills
1 week, 2 days ago

The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills

NPR  

The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills The state of Texas is suing a doctor in New York, saying she prescribed abortion pills for a Texas woman in violation of its law. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The attorney general of Texas is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman …

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against N.Y. doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
Trending News
1 week, 2 days ago

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against N.Y. doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

LA Times  

Three members of the Women’s March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, last year. In suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, Texas has launched one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democratic-controlled states passed to protect physicians …

New York doctor sued for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine
1 week, 2 days ago

New York doctor sued for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against …

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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1 week, 2 days ago

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine

Huff Post  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws …

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills
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1 week, 3 days ago

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills

NPR  

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills toggle caption David Erickson/AP Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Sponsor Message …

California Rolls Out More Abortion Protections Ahead Of Trump's Return
2 weeks, 6 days ago

California Rolls Out More Abortion Protections Ahead Of Trump's Return

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In anticipation of more hostility toward abortion under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, California lawmakers announced two new pieces of legislation Monday aimed at protecting medication abortion and punishing local governments that interfere with access to reproductive health care. California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a news conference in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San …

Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report

Salon  

A Texas committee that is meant to review pregnancy-related deaths in the state won’t review cases from 2022 and 2023, the Washington Post reported. Related How abortion funds are preparing for another Trump presidency According to the report, Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee members said in September the change was made to “be more contemporary.” The move has …

Third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors use riskier miscarriage treatments
4 weeks ago

Third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors use riskier miscarriage treatments

Raw Story  

Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her. But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was the hospital’s “routine” to give a drug called misoprostol to help the body pass the tissue, …

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
1 month ago

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except …

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’
1 month, 1 week ago

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike

New Indian Express  

Trump unlikely to require emergency abortions from hospitals The Trump administration is expected to pull back Biden's controversial directive that requires emergency rooms to provide abortions when necessary to stabilize a woman's health or life. The Biden administration had argued that the decades-old federal law, which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment for patients in exchange for Medicare funding, also …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike

LA Times  

Anti-abortion activists say there is still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance that the administration of President Biden released around emergency abortions, requiring that hospitals provide them for women whose health or life is at risk, and its easing …

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse

LA Times  

Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in June 2022. Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling returning the decision on abortion to the states, nearly half enacted abortion bans, some of which have prevented women from getting emergency abortions …

Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss
2 months ago

Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss

Associated Press  

A new series of Kamala Harris campaign ads highlights the precarious medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade. One ad features a Texas woman who lost her baby to sepsis due to a lack of proper medical care. Another ad focuses on the emotional impact of the issue on both the woman and her husband.

Harris ads feature Texas woman who nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion ban
2 months ago

Harris ads feature Texas woman who nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion ban

LA Times  

A new series of Kamala Harris campaign ads seek to highlight increasingly perilous medical care for women since the fall of Roe vs. Wade by telling the story of a Texas woman who got a life-threatening infection when she couldn’t get proper treatment after she miscarried and how she may no longer be able to have children. The ad is …

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

LA Times  

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. The justices did not detail their reasoning for …

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal. The rule essentially prohibits state or local officials from gathering medical records related to reproductive health care for a civil, criminal or …

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits

LA Times  

Mike Dunleavy gestures while speaking with reporters on May 1, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. The Republican governor’s veto Wednesday stunned supporters of the measure, which would have forced insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply of birth control at a time, something considered especially important in providing access in distant rural communities. But in an emailed statement, Dunleavy …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton in 2021 granted the group’s request to allow advanced practice clinicians to provide medication abortion pending her decision in the underlying case. Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit argued there was no medical …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Inside a medical practice sending abortion pills to states where they're banned
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside a medical practice sending abortion pills to states where they're banned

NPR  

Inside a medical practice sending abortion pills to states where they're banned toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR The packages, no bigger than a hardcover book, line the walls of the nondescript office near Boston. Yet to be tested in court, shield laws have some legal vulnerability In the eight states with shield laws, abortion providers can treat out-of-state patients just as …

Amy Coney Barrett Signaled Something Very Scary About Where Abortion Bans Will Go Next
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Amy Coney Barrett Signaled Something Very Scary About Where Abortion Bans Will Go Next

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. And on rare occasions that means providing an abortion.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson voiced the concerns of a growing number of Americans who support abortion access in cases of threats to life or health, expressing alarm for the “pregnant people experiencing emergency medical …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
5 months, 4 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

The Independent  

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Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban

Raw Story  

"Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The Texas Medical Board on Friday adopted guidance for how doctors should interpret the state’s new abortion laws, reducing paperwork requirements …

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

The Independent  

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Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas Medical Board came less than a month after the state Supreme Court upheld the law that …

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know
6 months, 1 week ago

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will not change after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort Thursday by anti-abortion groups to roll back its availability, a win for abortion rights supporters and millions of women in states where abortion is legal. Despite the ruling, women’s access to mifepristone still largely depends on a patchwork of state …

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food …

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill

Politico  

Thursday’s decision shifts the spotlight to conservatives’ other strategies to limit access to the drug, such as lobbying state legislators to pass laws prohibiting its use and paving the way for new restrictions in a potential second Trump administration. The high court’s decision does not prevent future administrations from rolling back access to mifepristone; it merely holds that anti-abortion doctors …

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to curb access to a drug used in abortions, ending an attempt by abortion opponents to limit access to the procedure. In a 9-0 ruling on Thursday, the justices overturned a lower court’s decision last year to limit access to the drug mifepristone, used in more than half of abortions in …

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge from women denied abortion during emergencies

The Independent  

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Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions

LA Times  

Amanda Zurawski had been told that she had a condition that meant her fetus would not survive. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications. The unanimous ruling from the court, whose nine justices are all elected Republicans, …

Louisiana lawmakers OK bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers OK bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

LA Times  

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

Associated Press  

— Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription, a move that doctors fear could prevent them from adequately treating their patients in a timely manner. More than 200 doctors signed a letter to lawmakers saying the measure could produce a “barrier to physicians’ ease of prescribing …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

The Independent  

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Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
7 months, 1 week ago

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions

Associated Press  

Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers, a new report shows. Tuesday’s release of the #WeCount survey shows about 8,000 women a month in states that severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth were getting the pills by mail …

How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man is petitioning a court to authorize an obscure legal action to find out who allegedly helped his former partner obtain an out-of-state abortion, setting up the latest test of the reach of statewide abortion bans. As some states work to expand abortion access and others impose more limits following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning …

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Associated Press  

Follow the AP’s live coverage of arguments in the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The Biden administration says abortion care must be allowed in those …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule
8 months ago

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

Raw Story  

"Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas, meanwhile, has sued the Biden administration, saying it's using EMTALA as an end-run around state abortion bans to “mandate that …

After Florida and Arizona abortion bans, some abortion funds are being pushed to the brink
8 months, 1 week ago

After Florida and Arizona abortion bans, some abortion funds are being pushed to the brink

Salon  

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, which provided Americans with a constitutional right to access abortion, states have been able to make their own laws on abortion access. Jeyifo told Salon they’ve never had to turn someone away from their services, but they’re “on the brink” of doing that …

Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
8 months, 1 week ago

Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in other states. Janet Mills, Maine would join more than a dozen states that shield medical providers and others from out-of-state investigations regarding abortions. The votes came after attorneys general in 16 states, …

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Supreme Court arguments on Tuesday, regarding the legality of federal regulations allowing the distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone through the mail, hinged on whether the anti-abortion doctors association that brought the case had standing to sue in the first place. Meanwhile, Alito, the author of the court’s 2022 majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade, pressed Prelogar …

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care

The Independent  

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Opinion: The mifepristone case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. But will it be?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: The mifepristone case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. But will it be?

LA Times  

As a matter of law, the case argued Tuesday at the Supreme Court concerning the availability of medicine to induce abortions is easy: The Food and Drug Administration has the authority to make mifepristone available and to later increase its availability. A conservative panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said that the judge was wrong in stopping …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

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