Docs who present abortion tablets can be protected. (Representational)
New York:
New York’s Democratic-majority state legislature introduced Tuesday that it had handed a invoice to offer authorized safety to docs prescribing and delivery abortion tablets to sufferers in states that ban the process.
The invoice has but to be signed into legislation by the state’s governor, Democrat Kathy Hochul, who has beforehand expressed help for such protections.
“It’s our ethical obligation to assist girls throughout the nation with their bodily autonomy by defending New York docs from litigation efforts from anti-choice extremists,” mentioned Carl Heastie, speaker of the New York State Meeting, in a press release.
The legislation comes a yr after the US Supreme Court docket overturned the federal proper to an abortion. The change allowed lawmakers to legislate on the difficulty on the state stage and ushered in a slew of bans or extreme restrictions in additional than 20 states.
Beneath the brand new legislation, docs working in New York state who present abortion tablets — or telehealth consultations to girls who get abortions — can be protected against prosecution in states the place abortion restrictions are in place.
The New York laws may benefit physician Linda Prine, recognized for having based an emergency hotline that ladies can name from anyplace within the US for medical recommendation concerning reproductive well being.
In response to Prine, the Supreme Court docket’s resolution has precipitated a “enormous enhance” within the variety of calls.
Because the Supreme Court docket resolution, Washington state, Massachusetts, Colorado and Vermont have handed legal guidelines to guard their docs in instances associated to abortion.
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