The New York legislation could help expand medication abortion access in the U.S. by allowing more patients to end pregnancies without traveling out-of-state.
"We are witnessing a shameful regression of women's rights in this country as abortion access is restricted in states across the nation," Hochul said in a press release. "With this bill, New York is continuing to fight back against restrictive abortion laws and help more people access the care they need."
The bill specifically aims to protect New York doctors who use telehealth systems, which allow them to serve patients residing in other states.have been enacted in Massachusetts, Colorado, Vermont and Washington. The New York measure would prohibit state law enforcement from cooperating with any out-of-state litigation against doctors who use telehealth services to prescribe medication abortion or provide other reproductive health care.passed last year, which aimed to protect New York abortion care providers from litigation, but did not specifically address telehealth.news conference"You can continue hell bent down your path on continuing this radical behavior," the governor declared.
Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas ruled in the doctors' favor in April and suspended the FDA approval.
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