This starts off with several things against it…..
Red State Texas is going against Trump’s postion that states , THEMSELVES , set their abortion rules….
The US Supreme Court has throw out the most recent abortion pill case…..
This seems to be outright harassment ….
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued a New York doctor for sending abortion medication under the Empire State’s shield law to Texas, which has a near-total abortion ban, his office said Friday.
Why it matters: The lawsuit, one of the first known of its kind, tests the future of shield laws enacted by blue states in the post-Roe era to help patients who live in states with abortion bans.
- Paxton filed the complaint on Thursday against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, co–founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT). New York’s shield law protects providers and others who help patients outside New York access abortion via telemedicine.
- ACT said in a statement to Axios: “Ken Paxton is prioritizing his anti-abortion agenda over the health and well-being of women by attempting to shut down telemedicine abortion nationwide.”
- “Shield laws are essential in safeguarding and enabling abortion care regardless of a patient’s zip code or ability to pay. They are fundamental to ensuring everyone can access reproductive health care as a human right.”
Zoom out: Most abortions in the U.S. involve pills rather than in-person procedures, and the number of abortions provided annually has risensince the Dobbs decision.
Zoom in: Paxton said Carpenter prescribed pills commonly used to end a pregnancy, mifepristone and misoprostol, to a 20-year-old woman in Collin County, Texas, per the complaint filed Thursday.
- She experienced complications and was taken to the hospital, the state said, by a man described as the “biological father of the unborn child.” The man learned after the fact that the woman had been pregnant, per the complaint.
- Paxton is requesting that Carpenter be fined $100,000 per “violation” and that the court block her from violating Texas law.
- “Carpenter is not a licensed Texas physician, nor is she authorized to practice telemedicine in the State of Texas,” the complaint said.
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said in a statement: “We will always protect our providers from unjust attempts to punish them for doing their job and we will never cower in the face of intimidation or threats.”
- “I will continue to defend reproductive freedom and justice for New Yorkers, including from out-of-state anti-choice attacks.”….
This is going nowhere.
As for Paxton?
A liar, a cheat and a would be thief.
Agreed….