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Ken Paxton sues New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to Texas woman (www.texastribune.org)

submitted 1 week ago by beliquititious to c/texas@lemmy.world

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This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other. New York has a shield law that protects providers from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions, which has served as implicit permission for a network of doctors to mail abortion pills into states that have banned the procedure.

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[-] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

trying to imagine what horseshit the supreme court will trot out to defend this