Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a lawsuit in federal court Sept. 30 asking a judge to grant a stay against a rule from the Iowa Board of Medicine that would restrict abortion access in the state.
On Aug. 30, members of the state board voted to adopt rules that would ban
telemedicine delivery for medical abortion and require that patients receive a physical examination before and after the administration of an abortion-inducing drug. The medical board asserts that the telemedicine practices “are inconsistent with the protocols approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the manufacturer of the drugs” because they don't include an in-person meeting with a physician.
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Veteran investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald has an important and scathing commentary in the new issue of Vanity Fair on the issue of how new state restrictions in Texas and other states on centers providing abortion and other women's health services are likely to affect diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients.
What prompted Eichenwald to write the piece was that his wife, Theresa, a physician, recently was diagnosed with the disease, just a few weeks after discovering a breast lump. Eichenwald contrasts his wife's speedy diagnosis and treatment with the long delays faced by low-income and uninsured women associated with greater likelihood of death. He names and blames anti-abortion lawmakers in his home state of Texas for passing legislation that will shut down a number of centers where low-income and uninsured women receive screening and referrals for breast cancer.
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