Rosemary Westwood

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Rosemary Westwood

The case against a Louisiana law that classifies common pregnancy medications as controlled dangerous substances can proceed, a Louisiana judge ruled Thursday. Judge Jewel Welch made the ruling during a hearing in the 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge.

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Rosemary Westwood

A Louisiana bill that would let family members sue medical providers and drug manufacturers over suspected abortions passed a House committee on Monday, despite pushback from doctors, pharmacists and reproductive rights advocates who fear it could leave providers open to frivolous lawsuits — even from family members of rapists. The bill, HB 575, comes as anti-abortion groups and politicians look for ways to block Louisiana women from obtaining abortion medications through the mail. Rep.

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Rosemary Westwood

Louisiana law enforcement officials are investigating a second case against a New York doctor for allegedly mailing abortion medications into the state, Attorney General Liz Murrill said on Monday. The attorney general’s office and police in Shreveport are investigating the case of a woman who was 20 weeks pregnant when she had an abortion, Murrill said during testimony in favor of an anti-abortion bill in the House Civil Law and Procedure committee.

1 month ago | en.pressbee.net | Rosemary Westwood

By Rosemary Westwood, WWNO, KFF Health News When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work. “It’s scary. It’s frustrating,” said Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, a clinic near Boston that mails mifepristone and misoprostol pills to patients in states with abortion bans.

1 month ago | bostonherald.com | Rosemary Westwood

By Rosemary Westwood, WWNO, KFF Health NewsWhen the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work. “It’s scary. It’s frustrating,” said Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, a clinic near Boston that mails mifepristone and misoprostol pills to patients in states with abortion bans.