
Reproductive Health Care Shield Laws: How a Legal Conflict Between New York and Texas Might Shape Access to Abortion, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy Care
Law & Policy InsightsReproductive Health and Equity Maternal and Child HealthThe divide between states seeking to restrict abortion and states permitting it continues to widen, as the former pursue new, increasingly draconian, maneuvers to restrict abortion access and the latter bolster protections in response. The intra-state conflict incited by this divide is coming to a head in a legal struggle between Texas and New York. The lawsuit, Texas v. Bruck, challenges enforcement of a New York shield law and threatens the viability of such legal safeguards moving forward, with major consequences for reproductive health care access.