In the first case of its kind since the fall of Roe v. Wade, a Louisiana grand jury has indicted Dr. Maggie Carpenter, the New York OB-GYN whom Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also sued for prescribing telehealth abortion pills to a Texas woman. On Jan. 31, Louisiana indicted Dr. Carpenter and issued an arrest […]
Trump Signs Order Aimed at Strengthening Telehealth and Rural Healthcare
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at empowering rural healthcare providers and expanding access to telehealth services. Medicare has greatly expanded its coverage of telehealth services as part of its coronavirus emergency response, but that expansion is set to expire once the public health emergency is over. The executive order calls […]
Medical Groups Sue FDA Over Abortion Pill Restrictions During Pandemic
Medical experts and reproductive rights advocates sued federal agencies yesterday, asking it to allow people to obtain abortion pills remotely during the pandemic. The suit accuses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of endangering public safety by disallowing doctors from distributing abortion pills through telemedicine […]
