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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sean Murphy,Michael Hill and Geoff Mulvihill

Texas sues New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills by telemedicine

Abortion Pills-Lawsuit - (2023)

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine.

The lawsuit was filed in Collin County, Texas, by the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday and announced Friday. It appears to be the first challenge anywhere in the U.S. to a shield law that Democratic-controlled states have been adopting to protect exactly this kind of prescription.

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