Chris Walker reports: Republican lawmaker in Missouri is hoping to ban residents in her state from traveling to other states to obtain abortion services through an enforcement mechanism that is similar to that of Texas’s restrictive abortion ban. State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R) has attached amendments to a number of abortion bills that are currently being…
Category: Laws
Texas Supreme Court Deals Abortion Providers A ‘Devastating’ Blow
Lydia O’Connor reports: The Texas Supreme Court dealt a blow to abortion providers Friday by ruling that state officials are not responsible for enforcing the state’s six-week abortion ban and therefore cannot be subjected to such lawsuits. The 23-page, unanimous decision is a “devastating” setback for Texans, Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America said following…
Texas Blocked From Investigating Transgender Kids’ Parents For Child Abuse
Andrew DeMillo of AP reports: A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate. Read more…
‘Absolute authority’: Call to halt plan to collect all Victorians’ medical records
David Estcourt and Rachel Eddie report: The Law Institute of Victoria has asked the Andrews government to withdraw a bill, which would centralise the medical records of every patient in the public health system, over privacy concerns and because patients cannot opt out of the scheme. […] Under the plan, patients would have no ability…