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 near Dallas. NADWORNY: So the lawsuit accuses a New York doctor of violating Texas law by providing the two drugs used in an abortion to a pregnant patient living in the state. NADWORNY: Well, the New York attorney general released a statement saying that New York will, quote, "protect our providers from unjust attempts to punish them for doing their job."

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

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Texas woman’s lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas woman’s lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges were quickly dropped, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton denied a motion by prosecutors …

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 …

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court ‘s ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. for now, but it won’t be the last word on the issue, and the unanimous opinion offers some clues for how abortion opponents can keep trying to deny it to women nationwide. “The decision is good that the doctors don’t have standing,” …

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 …

Supreme Court upholds FDA’s approval of abortion pills for early pregnancies
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court upholds FDA’s approval of abortion pills for early pregnancies

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a conservative Christian group’s claim that the abortion medication used by more than 5 million American women is unsafe and should be withdrawn from the market. “The plaintiffs have sincere legal, moral, ideological, and policy objections to elective abortion and to FDA’s relaxed regulation of mifepristone,” Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for the unanimous …

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  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Texas Supreme Court justices then overturned …

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS were thrilled when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. With her husband, Senator Josh Hawley, watching from the public gallery, she told the justices that the FDA’s policy on mifepristone left her clients facing a “Hobson’s choice”. “Shouldn’t somebody be able to challenge that in court?” That’s quite unlikely, replied Elizabeth Prelogar, the solicitor-general who ably defended …

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  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Restricting abortion doesn’t make it less necessary.” Lawyers …

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 …

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills

LA Times  

Misoprostol is typically used with mifepristone, which the FDA approved in 2000 for abortion and further loosened restrictions on in 2016 and 2021. U.S. Supreme Court justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about imposing new limits on the dispensing of abortion medication through pharmacies or by mail. She noted that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, who issued an injunction …

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care. “While there are no comprehensive data on the number of self-managed medication abortions in the United States, evidence suggests they have been increasing in the past …

Texas medical panel won’t provide list of exceptions to abortion ban
9 months ago

Texas medical panel won’t provide list of exceptions to abortion ban

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A Texas medical panel on Friday rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state. The board’s proposed guidelines on exceptions to Texas’ ban on abortion from the moment of fertilization, issued …

What to know about abortion lawsuits being heard in US courts this week
1 year ago

What to know about abortion lawsuits being heard in US courts this week

Associated Press  

The Texas Supreme Court received a lot of attention this week when it rejected a woman’s request for an immediate abortion there due to harrowing pregnancy complications. On Monday, the Texas Supreme Court denied the request, saying she didn’t qualify for the exceptions to the abortion bans in state law. OHIO PROVIDERS CALL FOR BAN TO BE STRUCK DOWN AFTER …

Texas Supreme Court hears case from women denied emergency abortions
1 year ago

Texas Supreme Court hears case from women denied 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. “The abortion bans as they exist today subjected physicians like my clients to the …

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court
1 year ago

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health. The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Dr. Austin Dennard …

Texas judge sides with women after harrowing testimony over anti-abortion law
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas judge sides with women after harrowing testimony over anti-abortion law

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We’re back to relying on doctors and not …

Texas women detailed agonising pregnancies after being denied abortions. The state blames doctors
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas women detailed agonising pregnancies after being denied abortions. The state blames doctors

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In her harrowing testimony in the second day …

Kansas won’t enforce its new law on medication abortions for at least 5 weeks
1 year, 6 months ago

Kansas won’t enforce its new law on medication abortions for at least 5 weeks

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas officials have agreed not to enforce a new restriction on medication abortions for at least five weeks before a state court judge decides whether to put it on hold until he decides a lawsuit challenging it and other existing rules. The providers — a clinic in the Kansas City suburbs in Johnson County operated by Planned …

More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law
1 year, 7 months ago

More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. All of the women were told they could not end their pregnancies in Texas, a state that has enacted some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws. Now, they’re asking a Texas court to …

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions. Biden administration attorney Sarah Harrington opened by calling U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s April 7 ruling an “unprecedented and unjustified attack on the FDA’s scientific expertise.” …

What Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients
1 year, 8 months ago

What Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court’s action Friday regarding a key drug used in medication abortions may leave many women wondering: What does this mean for me? Medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., typically involves two drugs: mifepristone, which blocks progesterone, and misoprostol, which wasn’t affected by the various rulings. If abortion is banned in …

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision
54 years, 11 months ago

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision

Slate  

This article is an excerpt from Adam’s Legal Newsletter. Under a 2013 Supreme Court case called Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, the plaintiffs bear the burden of proving a “certainly impending” injury from the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. For example, the court quotes the plaintiffs’ assertions that “chemical abortion drugs can overwhelm the medical system” and “consume crucial limited resources” …

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority
1 year, 8 months ago

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

NPR  

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP Two contradictory court rulings are raising questions not only about the future of the abortion pill mifepristone, but the federal government's authority to approve and regulate drugs in general. "What has happened in this case from the Northern District of …

Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone Uncertain in US After Texas Ruling. Five Takeaways
1 year, 8 months ago

Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone Uncertain in US After Texas Ruling. Five Takeaways

News 18  

The Justice Department of the US citing a statement from US attorney general Merrick Garland said the Biden administration will appeal the Texas court’s decision of blocking access to the abortion pill mifepristone. This is like a judge coming out and outlawing Claritin or Aspirin or Plan B because they felt like it pic.twitter.com/OZST5cyJOK— Acyn April 8, 2023 The Justice …

Editorial: A federal judge outlaws an abortion pill that’s safer than Tylenol. This is ridiculous
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: A federal judge outlaws an abortion pill that’s safer than Tylenol. This is ridiculous

LA Times  

Lindsay London holds a protest sign in front of the federal court building in support of access to abortion medication outside the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, in March. In the most far-reaching court ruling on abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and robbed women of the constitutional right to an abortion last year, a federal judge …

US judge withdraws approval for abortion pill during Texas case
1 year, 8 months ago

US judge withdraws approval for abortion pill during Texas case

Al Jazeera  

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has placed a temporary stay on the FDA approval for mifepristone, used in medication abortions. “Before Plaintiffs filed this case, FDA ignored their petitions for over 16 years.” Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump, has yet to rule on the plaintiffs’ overall lawsuit. In a February statement, the pro-abortion group NARAL wrote: “If FDA …

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge revokes FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge revokes FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him

LA Times  

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug combination used in more than half of all U.S. abortions, particularly those conducted early in pregnancy. Kacsmaryk, who has long held antiabortion views, said the FDA “omitted any evaluation of the psychological effects of the drug or an evaluation of the long-term medical consequences of the drug.” The judge — who consistently used the …

Could a widely used abortion pill be banned across the US?
1 year, 9 months ago

Could a widely used abortion pill be banned across the US?

Firstpost  

A federal judge in Texas will decide whether mifepristone – an abortion pill prescribed with another drug – would continue to be sold in the markets or not. A federal judge in Texas heard the lawsuit on Wednesday that seeks to overturn the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the widely used abortion drug – mifepristone. The lawsuit also …

Here is what’s at stake in abortion medication case
1 year, 9 months ago

Here is what’s at stake in abortion medication case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of a leading abortion medication. A two-pill combination of mifepristone and another drug is the most common form of abortion in the U.S. and the ruling would affect states where abortion is legal as well as those that outlaw it. The …

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US

Al Jazeera  

Anti-abortion groups are pushing to revoke or suspend approval of pill used in more than half of all US abortions. US federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative appointee of former President Donald Trump, has yet to issue a ruling after more than four hours of argument over whether to ban mifepristone, an abortion pill approved by the Food and Drug …

US court to hear lawsuit over legality of abortion pill
1 year, 9 months ago

US court to hear lawsuit over legality of abortion pill

Firstpost  

US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk announced Monday the hearing in Amarillo, Texas on a lawsuit alleging the US Food and Drug Administration should never have approved the ‘dangerous’ prescription pill in 2000 Washington: A Texas courtroom will be the latest battleground in the national fight over abortion rights when a judge hears arguments Wednesday over the legality of a …

Texas women sued for wrongful death after aiding in abortion
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas women sued for wrongful death after aiding in abortion

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Three women in Texas are being sued for wrongful death by a man who claims they helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion. The woman who took the medication in July — weeks after the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place since 1973 — is not named in …

Three Texas women sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication
1 year, 9 months ago

Three Texas women sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication

Raw Story  

A Texas man whose ex-wife terminated her pregnancy is suing three women who assisted her under the state’s wrongful death statute, the first such case brought since the state’s near-total ban on abortion last summer. Marcus Silva is represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former solicitor general of Texas and architect of the state’s prohibition on abortions after about six weeks …

Texas Women Sue State for Denying Abortion Despite Health Risks
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas Women Sue State for Denying Abortion Despite Health Risks

News 18  

Amanda Zurawski’s water broke at 17 weeks, far too early for the foetus to survive, but doctors in Texas initially refused to terminate her pregnancy, causing the woman to end up in an ICU with an infection and lose a fallopian tube. Zurawski and several other women who sued the conservative US state after they were denied abortions despite serious …

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit filed Monday in state court said the Texas law, one of the strictest in the country, is …

Why the Victims of Texas’ Most Lethal Abortion Bans Are Finally Going to Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Why the Victims of Texas’ Most Lethal Abortion Bans Are Finally Going to Court

Slate  

On Tuesday, five women filed a lawsuit against Texas claiming that the state’s near-absolute abortion ban prevented doctors from terminating pregnancies that had threatened their lives. But we don’t have to guess the state’s reaction, because it has already staked out a position on this exact question: Texas’ abortion bans strictly bar doctors from terminating a pregnancy until it is …

Texas women who were denied abortions sue the state over ban
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas women who were denied abortions sue the state over ban

Firstpost  

The women wanted to carry their pregnancies to term but discovered during medical examinations that their fetuses were not viable Washington: Five Texas women who were denied abortions despite serious complications have sued the conservative US state, asking a judge to clarify exceptions to the new laws. The lawsuit, filed late Monday, “includes devastating, first-hand accounts of women’s lives almost …

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 …

Texas women file lawsuit over state's abortion ban, saying the law put their lives at risk
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas women file lawsuit over state's abortion ban, saying the law put their lives at risk

CBS News  

Austin, Texas — A group of women and two doctors are suing the state of Texas after the women were denied abortions in the state despite facing what they say were serious risks to their health or the health of the fetuses. "I will never forget when one specialist tore off his mask and threw it in the trash," one …

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, saying it threatened their lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, saying it threatened their lives

LA Times  

Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin on May 14, 2022. Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe vs. Wade last year. The lawsuit, filed …

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