Off the Kuff / Mother Jones: “Nearly 4,200 women in Texas managed to access abortion care via telehealth in a single month — despite an almost total ban.
‘Anti-abortion extremists thought we’re going to ban abortion and trap people where they live, and they’re not going to get care,’ says Lizzy Hinkley of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine. ‘Because of shield laws and telehealth providers, that’s not the case — and they’re furious.’
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill complained blue states have ‘this whole system set up to nullify our laws,’ while Texas AG Ken Paxton calls shield laws an attack on ‘sovereign states’ — the same logic used to protect slavery. The network is quietly, effectively working.”