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Hi allies,

I wanted to be sure you saw the latest on our case in North Dakota. In
our press release below, you'll read about this great victory: a
federal district court judge granted our request to block a state law
that compels physicians to lie to patients about abortion care.

It is thanks to the incredible support of committed advocates like you
that we are able to make these victories possible. We are honored to
have you on our team as we continue to fight to defeat this law
entirely.

Thank you for all that you do,

Marc Hearron
Senior Counsel











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Court Blocks North Dakota Law Forcing
Physicians to Lie About Abortion

In case filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the AMA, a
federal court has blocked a law that would force doctors to tell
patients that some abortions are reversible

09.10.19 - (Press Release) Today, a federal district court in
North Dakota granted the Center for Reproductive Rights' request for a
preliminary injunction, blocking a state law passed earlier this year
and scheduled to take effect last month. The law requires physicians
to tell patients that a medication abortion (abortion by pills) may be
"reversed"-a patently false and unproven claim. The lawsuit was
filed in June by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of the
American Medical Association (AMA) and Red River Women's Clinic,
the only abortion clinic in North Dakota.

In the decision, Chief Judge Daniel Hovland wrote, "State
legislatures should not be mandating unproven medical treatments, or
requiring physicians to provide patients with misleading and
inaccurate information. The provisions of [this law] violate a
physician's right not to speak and go far beyond any informed consent
laws addressed by the United States Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit
Court of Appeals, or other courts to date."

"Across the country, doctors are being used as political pawns in
the attack on abortion," said Marc Hearron, Senior Counsel at the
Center for Reproductive Rights. "We all have the right to free speech
and to speak the truth. That doesn't change because you're a doctor
who provides abortion care. Today, the court stepped in to protect the
First Amendment rights of these physicians."

"It's simple: patients need to be able to trust their providers,"
said Tammi Kromenaker, Director of Red River Women's Clinic. "Forcing
us to give our patients false medical information would violate our
medical ethics and endanger the trust our patients place in us."

Eight states-Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Utah-have passed similar laws
requiring abortion providers to tell patients about so-called
medication abortion "reversal." Five of those eight laws were passed
in 2019.

This lawsuit is also challenging an existing North Dakota law,
which requires physicians to tell patients that abortion terminates
"the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being"-a
controversial, ideological, and non-medical message. The court has yet
to rule on this aspect of the case.

Women in North Dakota face significant barriers to abortion care.
Anti-abortion politicians in North Dakota have enacted a 24-hour
waiting period for patients seeking abortion, limited the conditions
under which state, public and private insurance can cover abortion
services, banned the use of telemedicine for abortion, and required
parental notification for minors seeking abortion services.

Plaintiffs in this case are represented by lawyers from the AMA,
the Center for Reproductive Rights, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP,
and the Dickson Law Office in Bismarck, ND.



  
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