Abortions are no longer between a woman and her doctor in Alaska.
On Tuesday, Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton issued a preliminary injunction blocking a state law that requires abortions to be done by licensed physicians, Alaska Public Media reports .
The ruling means that, at least temporarily, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives may provide chemical, or drug-induced, abortions in Alaska. Surgical abortions still must be done by licensed physicians.The judge’s order was the result of a lawsuit that Planned Parenthood filed in 2019 to challenge the state health law . The abortion chain claims the law is “without […]
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