California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states
1 year, 2 months ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned. The new law goes further by forbidding authorities from cooperating with out-of-state investigations into doctors who mail abortion pills to patients in other states. But California’s law also bars state-based social media companies — like Facebook — from complying with out-of-state subpoenas, warrants or other requests for records to discover the identity of patients seeking abortion pills. The California Catholic Conference opposed the law, arguing the state is “engaging in ideological colonization against states and citizens that do not want abortion.” “Denying the legitimate interest of other states to protect unborn children and public health is a dangerous precedent,” the association wrote in a letter to lawmakers earlier this year.

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Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills
1 week, 3 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 …

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills
1 week, 3 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 …

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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1 week, 3 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, 4 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
3 weeks 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 …

IVF will be covered by insurance for many Californians after Newsom signs bill
2 months, 3 weeks ago

IVF will be covered by insurance for many Californians after Newsom signs bill

LA Times  

Doctors from the Alabama Fertility Clinic take photos of the votes as state lawmakers in Montgomery vote on an IVF bill in March. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday that requires large health insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization — a win for reproductive health advocates amid nationwide concerns about the future of access to fertility treatments. The …

As antiabortion protests escalate, new California law will crack down on harassers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

As antiabortion protests escalate, new California law will crack down on harassers

LA Times  

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a right to abortion in 2022, providers across California have seen an increase in protests outside their clinics and have scrambled to increase security measures, lobbying cities to enforce ordinances meant to shield patients from outside chaos. Thousands of protesters have rallied outside Los Angeles County’s 24 clinics in the last year alone, she …

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 …

Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom
7 months ago

Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. California’s new law, which takes effect immediately, allows licensed doctors in Arizona to come to California and perform abortions for their patients through the end of November. The law Newsom signed on Thursday does not include …

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 …

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Arizona’s 1864 law banning all abortions except if the woman’s life is in jeopardy would take effect June 8, and Newsom said protecting access to abortions is “just about basic decency” and “respect for women and girls.” “This Arizona law is …

Bill would allow Arizona abortion providers to practice in California temporarily
8 months ago

Bill would allow Arizona abortion providers to practice in California temporarily

LA Times  

Abortion rights supporters rally in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 15 after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion is enforceable. Arizona abortion providers could practice in California under a new law designed to provide care to women who cross the state line as they face newly restrictive prohibitions at home. Gavin Newsom to make California …

California may become a destination for abortions for Arizonans
8 months, 1 week ago

California may become a destination for abortions for Arizonans

LA Times  

Protesters march from Pershing Square to Los Angeles City Hall during one of two abortion rights protests outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse in L.A. on June 25, 2022. They believe California may become a “hot spot” for Arizonans after a decision Tuesday by that state’s Supreme Court that bans abortions except when the woman’s life is at risk. “It’s too …

Trump could gut abortion access in California if elected. Here's how
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump could gut abortion access in California if elected. Here's how

LA Times  

Activists rally last week outside the Supreme Court, amid the first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe vs. Wade two years ago. But as two of the most conservative justices — Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas — began a line of questioning around an obscure 1873 anti-vice law known as the Comstock Act, Spiegel was reminded that …

What the Supreme Court’s abortion pill case could mean for California
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What the Supreme Court’s abortion pill case could mean for California

LA Times  

An abortion rights demonstrator’s sign is posted outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2023. “I’m concerned that people don’t realize how important telehealth is — it’s a major pillar in the abortion care landscape,” said professor Ushma Upadhyay of UC San Francisco, a reproductive healthcare expert. “Abortion care via mail is now the most viable form of access for …

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them
8 months, 4 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 …

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states

LA Times  

The two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is used to end pregnancies, particularly in the early weeks. The Supreme Court’s antiabortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion medication at pharmacies or through the mail. Shortly after the Supreme Court repealed the right to abortion in the …

Granderson: Newsom ads against abortion travel bans are no stunt
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Granderson: Newsom ads against abortion travel bans are no stunt

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has a message for voters in red states that are trying to ban interstate travel. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, the issue of abortion travel bans was addressed, and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was clear: They are unconstitutional. To enforce travel bans like the one Tennessee is proposing would require authorities to …

California governor launches ads to fight abortion travel bans
9 months, 4 weeks ago

California governor launches ads to fight abortion travel bans

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. The so-called “abortion trafficking” bill Newsom told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that similar restrictions modeled on a law that has already passed in Idaho are also being proposed in Oklahoma and Mississippi. But they’re also determining their fate as it relates to their future in life by saying they can’t even travel.” People who support …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions

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 The Supreme Court permitted Idaho to continue enforcing its strict …

New law allows doctors living in ‘hostile’ red states to get abortion training in California
1 year, 2 months ago

New law allows doctors living in ‘hostile’ red states to get abortion training in California

LA Times  

A physician and her resident perform an ultrasound on an abortion patient in Albuquerque the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. Gavin Newsom signed another round of reproductive health bills into law on Wednesday, including legislation that allows doctors living under “hostile” laws in states where abortion is banned to receive training in California. “We will continue …

Latest ruling on pill shifts US abortion landscape again
1 year, 8 months ago

Latest ruling on pill shifts US abortion landscape again

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court has kept an abortion pill available, clarifying the U.S. abortion landscape but not settling it. The court’s decision late Wednesday preserved but narrowed access to an abortion pill across the U.S. In 2019, the Iowa Supreme Court blocked a law prohibiting abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, which occurs after about six weeks of pregnancy …

Concerned US states start stockpiling abortion drugs after court ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

Concerned US states start stockpiling abortion drugs after court ruling

Associated Press  

BOSTON — A growing number of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in medication abortions, amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. Massachusetts has purchased enough doses of the drug mifepristone — one of two drugs used in combination to end pregnancies …

California stockpiles abortion medication misoprostol after Texas court ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

California stockpiles abortion medication misoprostol after Texas court ruling

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California will stockpile an emergency supply of 2 million abortion pills known as misoprostol in response to a federal judge in Texas ruling against the authorization of another medication that has been used to terminate pregnancies for decades. “I don’t think it’s going to change the hearts and minds on the Supreme Court, but I …

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers
1 year, 8 months ago

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic New Mexico Gov. A companion abortion-rights bill signed in March guarantees access to reproductive health care in response to a string of anti-abortion ordinances by cities and counties in eastern New Mexico where opposition to abortion access runs deep. “We want to make sure New Mexico is a state that is safe for women and …

New Hawaii law expands abortion access, protects providers
1 year, 9 months ago

New Hawaii law expands abortion access, protects providers

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s governor on Wednesday signed legislation expanding access to abortion and putting into law recent executive orders protecting local health care providers from prosecution by out-of-state authorities. David Ige signed last year to stop other states from sanctioning local doctors and nurses who provide abortion care out-of-state residents temporarily in the islands. San Buenaventura remarked on the news …

Wyoming Governor signs measure prohibiting abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

Wyoming Governor signs measure prohibiting abortion pills

The Hindu  

Mark Gordon signed a bill on March 17 prohibiting abortion pills in the State and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The Republican governor’s decision comes after the issue of access to abortion pills took center stage this week in a Texas court. In a statement, Wyoming ACLU advocacy director Antonio Serrano criticized …

California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill announced Friday in the state Legislature. The bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for providing abortion medication. “It flaunts the traditional relationship between states and would upend our …

California MDs prescribing abortion pills to out-of-state patients may get new protections
1 year, 9 months ago

California MDs prescribing abortion pills to out-of-state patients may get new protections

LA Times  

A Rancho Mirage billboard pictured in July 2022 reads, “Welcome to California where abortion is safe and still legal.” California doctors or pharmacists who prescribe or dispense abortion pills to out-of-state patients would have new legal protections under a provision recently proposed in the Golden State. She said the bill, if passed, would “protect those practitioners in California who are …

Democrats keep pushing to bolster California’s role as an abortion sanctuary
1 year, 9 months ago

Democrats keep pushing to bolster California’s role as an abortion sanctuary

LA Times  

Demonstrators who support abortion rights gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, in Washington. Democratic lawmakers introduced a package of bills this week to further bolster California’s role as an abortion haven after last year’s repeal of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe vs. Wade. Gavin Newsom signed several laws last year to expand …

Could a Texas judge halt abortion pill access, even in safe havens like California?
1 year, 9 months ago

Could a Texas judge halt abortion pill access, even in safe havens like California?

LA Times  

A conservative federal judge in Texas is poised to rule in a lawsuit that could disrupt abortion access across the nation by halting distribution of a key abortion pill, mifepristone, which was approved by the FDA more than two decades ago. He opposed same-sex marriage, writing that “the Catechism holds that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’” He criticized the Supreme …

Newsom says California will cut ties with Walgreens over abortion pill access
1 year, 9 months ago

Newsom says California will cut ties with Walgreens over abortion pill access

LA Times  

In an attempt to counter GOP efforts to limit reproductive rights, Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will cut ties with Walgreens over the company’s decision to stop selling abortion medication in 20 Republican states. “We’re done.” Newsom’s missive is the latest political maneuver from the governor in the national battle between red and blue states over abortion rights since the …

The implications of Walgreens' decision on abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

The implications of Walgreens' decision on abortion pills

The Independent  

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North Carolina AG won’t defend abortion pill restrictions
1 year, 10 months ago

North Carolina AG won’t defend abortion pill restrictions

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein won’t defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged in a lawsuit and instead will argue the restrictions are preempted by federal regulations protecting access to the pills, Stein’s office said Monday. In this case, Bryant’s federal preemption arguments “are legally correct,” Sarah Boyce, general counsel at the …

Abortion pill access: Letting pharmacies dispense medication abortion isn't enough.
54 years, 11 months ago

Abortion pill access: Letting pharmacies dispense medication abortion isn't enough.

Slate  

On Tuesday, the FDA announced the process by which retail pharmacies could become certified to dispense mifepristone, the first drug in the medication abortion regimen. Lifting the in-person dispensing requirement in 2021 was a game changer: For the first time, online clinics could offer virtual services and mail medication abortion to the states where it is legal. The suit also …

Anti-abortion group that helped overturn Roe v Wade sues FDA to revoke approval of abortion drug
2 years ago

Anti-abortion group that helped overturn Roe v Wade sues FDA to revoke approval of abortion drug

The Independent  

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New California abortion laws set up clash with other states
2 years, 2 months ago

New California abortion laws set up clash with other states

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Newsom this year signed a law that would block the enforcement of some out-of-state court judgments against doctors and volunteers for legally obtained abortions in California — a law anti-abortion activists argue is illegal because of a clause in the U.S. Constitution that requires each state to give “full faith and credit” to the laws …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislative package protecting and expanding abortion access into law
2 years, 2 months ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislative package protecting and expanding abortion access into law

CNN  

CNN — California Gov. AB 1242 prohibits California law enforcement and other specified individuals from assisting or cooperating with other states’ investigations related to abortion if the procedure was lawful under California statutes. Under the law, California technology companies are blocked from sharing digital reproductive information with out-of-state law enforcement seeking to enforce their state’s abortion ban. Newsom has taken …

Newsom signs 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills
2 years, 2 months ago

Newsom signs 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom talks at a news conference with workers and volunteers at a Planned Parenthood office near downtown Los Angeles in May. Gavin Newsom signed 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills Tuesday, codifying key parts of California’s campaign to counter the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Newsom then began promoting the website …

Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom
2 years, 3 months ago

Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom

LA Times  

People rally in support of abortion rights at the state Capitol in Sacramento in 2019. And like other medical decisions, it is a private conversation between patients and their healthcare providers.” California officials began preparing a year ago for the potential effect of Roe vs. Wade being overturned, with Newsom asking Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and dozens of other …

New California gun control law mimics Texas abortion measure
2 years, 5 months ago

New California gun control law mimics Texas abortion measure

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California punched back Friday against two recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions as Gov. The Supreme Court’s support for the Texas law was “a terrible decision,” Newsom said. However, “if they’re going to use this framework to put women’s lives at risk, we’re going to use it to save people’s lives here in the state of California.” …

Gavin Newsom signs California gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law
2 years, 5 months ago

Gavin Newsom signs California gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law

CNN  

CNN — California Gov. The US Supreme Court in December allowed Texas’ six-week abortion ban to remain in effect, which prompted Newsom, who has been supportive of abortion rights and pro-gun control, to say he was “outraged” by the court’s decision and direct his staff to draft a similar bill to regulate guns. The law, introduced in February, says that …

States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
2 years, 5 months ago

States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states. The Democratic governors of Colorado and North Carolina on Wednesday issued executive orders to protect abortion providers and …

Medication abortion is common. Here’s how it works
2 years, 5 months ago

Medication abortion is common. Here’s how it works

LA Times  

Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Medication abortions were already the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. …

Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works
2 years, 5 months ago

Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works

Associated Press  

Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “In the short term, those states that ban abortion are going to assume that their bans also include medication abortion and that will be prohibited,” said Greer Donley, a professor specializing in reproductive health care at the University of …

Shifting Abortion Laws Cause Confusion for Patients, Clinics after Overturning of Roe Vs Wade
2 years, 5 months ago

Shifting Abortion Laws Cause Confusion for Patients, Clinics after Overturning of Roe Vs Wade

News 18  

Abortion providers and patients are struggling to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week. A so-called trigger law imposing a near-total ban on the procedure took effect Sunday, but a judge blocked the law Thursday, meaning the states only two abortion providers can …

Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics
2 years, 5 months ago

Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics

The Independent  

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Editorial: States can ban abortion, but they can’t stop the mail
2 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: States can ban abortion, but they can’t stop the mail

LA Times  

In these grim post-Roe days, more than half the states in the country are in the process of banning or severely curtailing access to abortion. In every state that outright bans abortion, that prohibition extends to medication abortion — a simple and safe two-pill regimen that has been available for more than two decades. It’s time for the federal government …

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion

Associated Press  

They call her, desperate, scared and often broke. “There’s a lot of misinformation.” In Missouri, where abortions were already severely restricted, a new ban took effect Friday that only allows the procedure in “cases of medical emergency.” Kansas City leaders are weighing a $300 stipend to help employees travel for an abortion. “It’s kind of an American nightmare that we’re …

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