California Bill Shielding Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles Reaches Newsom’s Desk

California Lawmakers Pass Abortion Pill Law That Allows Patients, Doctors to Remain Anonymous

A California bill that authorizes doctors to prescribe the mifepristone abortion drug through virtual appointments and mail the pills out of state passed the Legislature on Sept. 10 and is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for final approval. Assembly Bill 260 protects healthcare providers, pharmacists, clinics, and hospitals from penalties for prescribing or dispensing mifepristone and allows a pharmacist to dispense abortion drugs without the na…

California Finds Exciting New Way To Mess With Texas, Abortion Edition!

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on UnsplashLast month, after the Texas Senate voted in favor of gerrymandering the state within an inch of its life in order to eliminate as many Democratic districts as possible, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he would be doing the same in his state. This month, the Texas Lege passed a bill that would allow random citizens to sue doctors in other states for mailing birth control pills to Texas. How are…

California bill shielding patients’ names from abortion pill bottles reaches Newsom’s desk

A bill that aims to protect health care providers sending abortion pills and patients who receive them has made its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. AB 260, authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), would “authorize a pharmacist to dispense mifepristone or other drug used for medication abortion without the name of the patient, the name of the prescriber, or the name and address of the pharmacy, subject to specified requiremen…

California passes bill allowing omission of patients' names from abortion pill bottles

Learn about California's new abortion pill shield law designed to protect health care providers and patients in states with abortion bans by allowing the mailing of abortion pills with minimal identifying information.

California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles

(New York Times) – The intent is to protect health care providers who send the pills to patients in states with abortion bans, and to reassure patients who fear they could be identified. California legislators have passed one of the strongest measures so far to protect health care providers who send abortion pills to states with abortion bans and the patients who receive them. The bill, approved by wide margins in the State Assembly Wednesday ni…