Articles Tagged with reproductive rights

The dispute may result in a challenge to the New York shield law, which provides some key protections to doctors who send abortion drugs to patients in states that have banned or severely restricted the procedure.

A Monroe County judge felt that the medical exception complied with the state constitution, despite the challenges that doctors face in these situations.

Louisiana added mifepristone and misoprostol to Schedule IV of its drug laws, becoming the first state to take this step and sparking criticism from medical providers.

The Georgia Supreme Court reversed a decision by a lower court striking down the state's "heartbeat ban," but the lower court now will consider further arguments against the law.

The Center for Reproductive Rights has taken legal action in an effort to clarify and expand patient rights in states with strict abortion bans.