“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
“There’s a proliferation of anti-abortion propaganda right now. I think it is a coordinated attack on mifepristone,” said Ushma Upadhyay, an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco who studies medication abortion. Read more at 19th News
The bill was poised to offer a blueprint for abortion restrictions nationwide. Read more at 19th News
Louisiana is investigating a New York doctor over accusations that she mailed abortion pills into the state, Liz Murrill, the state attorney general, said on Monday. The case marks the second investigation into the doctor, Margaret Carpenter, whom Louisiana had indicted earlier this year for allegedly prescribing abortions pills via telehealth to a Louisiana resident. … Read more
If passed and signed into law, the measure would introduce civil liabilities for distributors of abortion pills and create a civil liability for “the wrongful death of an unborn child” as a result of taking the medications — and empower the “biological father of the unborn child” to file those civil lawsuits. It would also … Read more
Legislators in Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee have filed bills that would further curb access. In states with near-total bans, lawmakers are looking to eliminate the workarounds residents have used to continue accessing abortions. In others, lawmakers will weigh whether to move from six-week abortion bans to almost completely outlawing the procedure. … Read more
The Texas lawsuit is part of a much broader antiabortion strategy that will unfold in the new year. Besides targeting telemedicine and pills, antiabortion groups plan to pursue anyone who aids or abets abortion — for example, internet service providers that allow websites to provide information about abortion pills and where to get them. Other … Read more
A Jackson County judge granted a preliminary injunction on Friday striking down Missouri’s near-total abortion ban and several other abortion restrictions, but upheld licensing requirements, leaving abortion services in limbo. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
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
On a typical day, Foster says between 130 and 140 people fill out the organization’s intake form — but the day following the presidential election there were more than 1,000. “It has been a very, very challenging couple of days for our team,” says Foster, adding that many of these patients are not pregnant, but … Read more
