While prosecuting doctors is not generally politically popular, she said, it can scare other providers. In this way, the situation in Texas with Planned Parenthood is not dissimilar to what is happening with Bernard, she said. \u201cI see this as harassment litigation \u2014 it appears to have no other purpose. A judge should consider it frivolous, but that may not occur with sympathetic courts,\u201d she said of the Texas suit. \u201cSuch strategies could have a chilling effect on health care providers, who tend to be risk-averse.\u201d<\/p>\n
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