A new procedure adopted by a Europe-based abortion pill supplier now allows U.S. medical professionals in certain Democrat-led states that have passed abortion “shield” laws to prescribe and mail pills directly to patients in antiabortion states.
Sitting in her basement in New York’s Hudson Valley, next to her grown children’s old bunk beds, she reviews the list of towns and cities she’ll be mailing to that day: Baton Rouge, Tucson, Houston.
The result is a new pipeline of legally prescribed abortion pills flowing into states with abortion bans. In less than a month, seven U.S.
The shield laws are “a huge breakthrough for people who need abortions in banned states,” said David Cohen, a Drexel University law professor who focuses on abortion legislation. “Providers are protected in many ways as long as they remain in the state with the shield law.” Molly Meegan, ACOG’s general counsel and chief legal officer, said the group is “not positioned to provide legal advice to individual members,” adding that “it is wrong for a state to be able to prosecute clinicians and patients in other states where abortion remains legal and unrestricted.
“Nobody has any idea. I could be doing so many different mailer businesses from home,” she said. “It could be beaded necklaces. It could be soaps. It could be candy.”Roe v. WadeThe New York law states that no state or local government employee “shall cooperate with or provide information to any individual or out-of-state agency or department regarding any legally protected health activity in this state.
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