In today’s post-Roe world, women living in states where abortion is illegal have begun to search for alternative options when seeking abortion services. Regulatory policies and state laws, which have not previously had to account for these alternatives, are now impacted by the unprecedented means being used to increase access.
At present, more than
On the heels of the Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade, President Joe Biden directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide guidance under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other statutes to protect reproductive rights and abortion access by strengthening “the protection of sensitive information related to reproductive
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic that overruled the nearly 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade, which had recognized a constitutional right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy, opens the way for greater restrictions on abortions at the state level. Before the Dobbs decision was released, Texas had
The American Medical Association (AMA) website reported on AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., M.D.’s July 19, 2022 testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the impact of the SCOTUS Dobbs decision on physicians and patients. Dr. Resneck highlights how, in the AMA’s view, physicians are now placed
Following the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, attorneys and legal scholars are anticipating an avalanche of legal and practical issues emanating from the fact that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Vesting