Abortion Protections

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has rejected an extradition order from Louisiana for a New Paltz doctor accused of providing a criminal abortion via telemedicine.

New York Attorney General Tish James says her office will protect abortion providers after Texas filed a lawsuit against a New Paltz doctor who prescribed abortion medication to a Texas resident over telemedicine.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

New York state Republicans are organizing to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment – or Prop 1 – on the statewide ballot in November.

With another Supreme Court decision involving abortion access looming, leaders in Massachusetts this week re-affirmed the state’s commitment to keeping access open, including a new executive order signed by the governor.

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With the Supreme Court debating the future of abortion medication, New York Congressman Paul Tonko gathered local medical professionals and advocates for protecting reproductive health care at a roundtable discussion Tuesday.

Representatives from Planned Parenthood of Northern New England offices in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire are reacting to a Texas judge’s ruling that could curtail the use of an abortion pill.

Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint is cosponsoring legislation to protect abortion access.

Following a similar move in New York, Vermont legislators are considering a bill that would guarantee the state’s abortion rights remain intact if Roe v.…