US EditionDespite historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills across state lines
- On January 31, 2025, a physician from New York was the first in the United States to face criminal charges for sending abortion pills across state lines to Louisiana.
- This indictment followed the 2022 Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and led 12 states to enact near-total abortion bans and triggered new protective shield laws in eight states.
- Telemedicine abortion providers in shield-law states mailed mifepristone and misoprostol to about 7,700 patients monthly in banned states, with 80% of one clinic's patients from Texas or the Southeast, where restrictions are severe.
- New York refused extradition to Louisiana under its shield law designed to protect doctors, but legal experts warn this conflict challenges U.S. interstate reciprocity and could reach the Supreme Court.
- Despite fears from the indictment, providers plan to continue mailing abortion pills, underscoring a legal battle that affects thousands relying on telemedicine for abortion access in restrictive states.
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New York’s 2022 abortion statistics were published online by the New York Department of Health in March 2025, showing that abortions performed on New York residents increased significantly from 2021. In what follows, the information in the abortion report published by the state will be summarized. The data published by the state does not include […] The post Abortion Reporting: New York (2022) appeared first on Lozier Institute.
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Despite historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills across state lines
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.
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Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines
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 …
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