Tag #Medical Privacy

What immediate impact does New York's new law have on doctors providing abortion pills, and what prompted its enactment?

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill to protect the identities of doctors prescribing abortion pills, prompted by the indictment of a New York doctor for allegedly sending such pills to a minor in Louisiana. The law, effective immediately, allows doctors to substitute their practice name for their own on medication labels. This follows the first known criminal case against a doctor for interstate abortion pill provision since Roe v. Wade's overturn.