Washington state enacted legal protections for people who travel there seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment, becoming the latest Democrat-led state to enact safeguards as Republican-led states ban or restrict care.
has been available in the United States for more than a decade and is endorsed by major medical associations.
“If we don’t honor the actions of courts, of law enforcement agencies from other states, we run the risk of other states not honoring ours,” Rep. Jim Walsh of Aberdeen said during debate on the bill. The Republican lawmaker also said he was concerned about creating a so-called “abortion tourism” industry in the state.
Clinics in Washington have reported 138 more abortions per month since the court decision than in the months before it. Another bill specifically protects health care providers from disciplinary action for performing legal abortion or gender-affirming care in the state.amid an ongoing lawsuit over the drug by a conservative Christian group. Lawmakers approved a bill authorizing the state Department of Corrections to distribute it.
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