New California bill would protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states
#Doctors in #California who #mail #abortion #pills to people in other states would be #protected from prosecution under a new bill announced Friday in the state Legislature.
The bill would not let California #extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for providing abortion medication.
It would also shield doctors from having to pay #fines. And it would let California doctors #sue anyone who tries to stop them from providing abortions.
The bill would only protect doctors who are in California. If a doctor left California to provide an abortion to someone in another state, that doctor would not be protected. It also would not protect patients in other states who receive the medication.
State Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley and the author of the bill, said her intent is to make sure California residents who are traveling in other states or living there temporarily — like college students — can still have access to medication that’s legal in their home state. But she acknowledged the bill would also apply to California doctors who treat patients who live in other states.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-california-bill-would-protect-doctors-who-mail-abortion-pills-to-other-states
