A Superior Court judge agreed with Planned Parenthood that barring clinicians like nurse practitioners from providing services violates equal-protection, privacy rights.
An Alaska law prohibiting anyone other than a licensed physician from performing abortions violates the state constitution’s equal protection and privacy guarantees, a state Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday.
In the decades since that law was passed, medical technology and services have changed, with more treatment provided by advanced practitioners. In its 2019 lawsuit, Planned Parenthood argued that the restriction of abortion services to physicians has become obsolete and results in unfair obstacles in a state facing a shortage of doctors and increasingly reliant on non-physicians such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
The Alaska Department of Law is considering its next steps, said Chief Assistant Attorney General Chris Robinson. He cited a lack of information about how many patients were affected by the prohibition.
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