Did you know that a doctor in a state that allows abortion can prescribe abortion pills to a woman in a state that bans abortion, and the doctor may not get in any legal trouble?
That seems kind of weird, right?
Welcome to shield laws.
Shield laws protect abortion providers in states where abortion is legal from civil or criminal charges when they provide abortion-inducing drugs to women in states where abortion is illegal. While the prescribing doctor is breaking the other state’s law because they reside in a different state where they are breaking no laws, no legal repercussions are possible — yet. ---More...