The case represents an additional front in a growing legal battle between liberal and conservative states over prescribing abortion medications via telehealth and mailing them to patients. Read more at NBC News
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, on Wednesday signed into law a bill that lets people sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, distributing or mailing abortion pills to or from Texas. The first-of-its-kind law is almost certain to dramatically escalate the state-by-state showdown over abortion laws in the post Roe v Wade United States – … Read more
Letitia James will ‘step in to defend’ New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to Texas The move on Monday tees up a showdown between states that ban abortion and those that protect it – one that, legal experts say, challenges fundamental constitutional issues and will likely end up in front of the US … Read more
Texas’ new legislation, by design, will be difficult to preemptively challenge, as it’s enforced by ordinary citizens. A legal clash is likely only after someone is sued under it. “They’re trying to provoke a fight over the Comstock Act,” Hill said, referencing an 1873 federal law banning the mailing of abortifacients that the anti-abortion movement … Read more
The legislation lets private citizens sue people who mail abortion medications to Texans. It offers a blueprint for state lawmakers trying to stop their residents from circumventing abortion bans. Read more at 19th News
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) sent cease and desist letters on Tuesday to two websites that provide information about abortion pills, demanding they stop “advertising” that medications can be mailed to Arkansas, which has a total abortion ban. The letters came on the same day that Griffin and 15 other Republican AGs called on … Read more
Action tees up a state v state battle involving the mailing of abortion pills that’s expected to go to the US supreme court Read more at The Guardian
A Texas man is suing a California doctor over his girlfriend’s alleged abortion across state lines — the latest in a string of cases meant to test the laws that have helped people get care. Read more at 19th News
Wrongful death suit alleges that California doctor mailed the pills to Texas, where virtually all abortions are outlawed Read more at The Guardian
“If an abusive partner were to find a package of abortion pills in the trash can, if it says Dr. XYZ, already you have someone to name in a lawsuit,” said Greer Donley, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who has advised state lawmakers on crafting shield laws. “If it doesn’t have it, … Read more
