Texas judge fines New York doctor for mailing abortion pills to patient in Texas
Judge Bryan Gantt orders doctor to stop prescribing and sending pills to state, setting up challenge to ‘shield laws’ Read more at The Guardian
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Louisiana – New York doctor indicted for prescribing medication abortion pills
Louisiana mother, New York doctor indicted for allegedly giving minor abortion pills A West Baton Rouge grand jury indicted a New York doctor and a Louisiana mother Friday, on felony charges for allegedly providing an illegal abortion with drugs obtained through the mail. It is the first criminal case of its kind in the country since the … Read more
Texas sues New York doctor for providing abortion pills via telemedicine
Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Collin County, Paxton said that Margaret Daley Carpenter, a New York doctor, provided mifepristone and misoprostol, a pair of abortion-inducing drugs, to a 20-year-old pregnant woman there, which led to a medical abortion. “Carpenter’s conduct violates the Texas … Read more
New York attorney general sues facilities promoting ‘abortion pill reversal’
The organization behind an international network of anti-abortion facilities is misleading people with claims that abortions can be “reversed”, a lawsuit filed Monday by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, alleges. Read more at The Guardian
Teens drinking legally? Republicans use scare tactics on NY’s abortion measure
Republicans are responding with a provocative opposition campaign that warns “equal rights” could upend society through a litany of unintended consequences — an echo of the 1970s battle that tanked the federal ERA. Read more at Politico
The states where abortion could be on the ballot in 2024
Here’s an overview of where abortion will — and could be — directly on the ballot in 2024, how many signatures organizers need to collect and the challenges advocates are facing in the states. Read more at 19th News
New York AG hits anti-abortion group with lawsuit for blocking access to health care clinics
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) filed a lawsuit Thursday against an anti-abortion group, Red Rose Rescue, alleging its members have repeatedly blocked entrances to health clinics and have “made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve.” Read more at The Hill
Zeldin vows he won’t mess with abortion rights if elected. Democrats aren’t buying it.
“Given his pledges to anti-choice supporters to deny funding for Planned Parenthood, as well as reaffirming his support for abortion bans without exceptions for rape, incest, or life of the mother, we know where Lee Zeldin stands,” said Christine Quinn, the former New York City Council speaker and a leader of the state Democratic committee, … Read more
Long Island Republican Stands By Comments Comparing Abortion To Slavery
Finally, just this past August, Santos told an audience of Republicans in Queens that “we are going to be remembered as the most barbaric generation to ever live” because of abortion’s legality. He argued that future generations would frown upon abortion just as we now look down upon slavery. Read more at Huffpost
Americans scramble for abortions in states that have banned it
Demand for pills that end pregnancy has skyrocketed in states that have restricted abortion since the Supreme Court decision last month, and abortion clinics are reporting a rush for appointments in towns bordering those states. Aid Access, a virtual abortion clinic based in the Netherlands, saw a 256 percent increase in people coming to its … Read more