Tag Archives: Abortion

New York AG will fight Texas over abortion pills in ‘shield’ law challenge  The Washington Post States Heading Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws  The New York Times New York attorney general joins landmark legal battle over out-of-state abortion provider  NBC News New York attorney general steps into fight over state abortion shield laws  The Hill NY attorney general will intervene in Texas …

New York Attorney General Letitia James is intervening in a landmark legal battle involving a New York physician who allegedly prescribed abortion pills via telehealth to a patient in Collin County, Texas. On Monday, James sent a letter to a state Supreme Court judge in Ulster County, New York, invoking her authority to defend the state’s “shield law,” which prohibits …

States Heading Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws  The New York Times Letitia James will ‘step in to defend’ New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to Texas  The Guardian New York attorney general joins landmark legal battle over out-of-state abortion provider  NBC News New York AG will fight Texas over abortion pills in ‘shield’ law challenge  The Washington Post New York …

Facebook Tweet Email Link AP  —  Texas lawmakers on Wednesday approved letting private citizens sue abortion pill manufacturers, doctors and anyone who mails the medication, setting the state up to be the first to try to crack down on the most common abortion method. The law would be the first of its kind in the US and add another layer …

Texas Senate Passes Bill to Crack Down on Mail-Order Abortion Pills  The New York Times Texas moves to allow anyone to sue abortion pill prescribers, distributors  The Washington Post Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state  The 19th News Texas bill allowing residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers reaches governor  The Guardian Texas lawmakers pass bill allowing private …

Texas moves to allow anyone to sue abortion pill prescribers, distributors  The Washington Post Texas lawmakers pass bill that curbs mailing of abortion pills into the state  CBS News Texas Legislature approves ban on mail-order abortion pills  Axios Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state  The 19th News Texas bill allowing residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers reaches …

Texas lawmakers on Wednesday approved letting private citizens sue abortion pill manufacturers, doctors and anyone who mails the medication, setting the state up to be the first to try to crack down on the most common abortion method. The law would be the first of its kind in the U.S. and add another layer of abortion restrictions in Texas, which …

Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative supreme court justice whose controversial fast-track confirmation at the end of Donald Trump’s first presidency led directly to the panel’s vote to strike down abortion rights nationally, has expressed in a new memoir her belief that the ruling “respected the choice” of the American people. Barrett was paid a $2m advance for her book Listening …

A South Texas woman who was arrested on murder charges in 2022 after using medication to terminate her pregnancy has alleged new details about her case against a local sheriff and prosecutors, claiming they violated her constitutional rights. Her Aug. 12 court filing comes as the debate over medicated abortion is heating up in Texas, with Attorney General Ken Paxton …

A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of doctors and scientists. However, “stigma” around mifepristone is stopping pharmaceutical companies from investigating its potential as a new treatment doctors could offer to reduce the risk of breast cancer, they say. Companies appear reluctant …