Thursday, June 4, 2015

Lawsuit takes aim at Arizona abortion law's controversial 'reversal' provision

Legislation requires doctors in the state to tell women a drug-induced abortion is reversible and ‘puts women’s health at risk’, says Planned Parenthood

A coalition of healthcare providers and reproductive rights groups are challenging in federal court a provision of a new Arizona law, which requires doctors in the state to tell women having a drug-induced abortion that the procedure is reversible, advice regarded by most medical experts as wrong and misleading.

The new law is the latest in a wave of regulations adopted by lawmakers in the state to restrict women’s access to the procedure, though many attempts have been blocked in court, including one that limited the use of abortion-inducing medications.

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