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LostOne4Ever

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Fri Mar 15, 2024, 09:01 PM Mar 2024

Sixteen state attorneys general say they may sue if Maine passes a law shielding providers of gender-affirming care

Sixteen state attorneys general say they may sue if Maine passes a law shielding providers of gender-affirming care and abortion from out-of-state legal action.
TRUDY RING
MARCH 13 2024 11:14 AM EST


Republican attorneys general from 16 states are threatening to sue Maine if it passes a law shielding providers of gender-affirming care and abortion from out-of-state legal action.

Maine legislators are considering a bill, Legislative Document 227, which “aims to protect health care providers from subpoenas or warrants, health records requests, extradition requests and other civil or criminal proceedings if they provide care — including abortion and gender-affirming care — that has been banned in a patient’s home state,” the Portland Press Herald reports. It would also allow these health care professionals to sue out-of-state officials who take action against them.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have adopted similar “shield laws” regarding abortion providers, and 11 states and D.C. have such laws regarding providers of gender-affirming care.

The letter from the Republican AGs, led by Jonathan Skrmetti of Tennessee, claims that LD 227 “violates the United States Constitution and flouts the federalist structure that allows each of our States to engage in self-government responsive to the will of our citizens.”
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https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-threaten-maine-health-care
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Sixteen state attorneys general say they may sue if Maine passes a law shielding providers of gender-affirming care (Original Post) LostOne4Ever Mar 2024 OP
It looks like this really is ... Valdosta Mar 2024 #1
The sooner, the better. niyad Mar 2024 #3
I didn't think one state could legislate what another state does. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #2
They are legislating to protect actions in Maine IbogaProject Mar 2024 #4

IbogaProject

(3,702 posts)
4. They are legislating to protect actions in Maine
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 06:53 PM
Mar 2024

The 16 GOP states are suing to reach into legal medical practices in Maine and say they can punish a Doctor for treating some one who goes to Maine to get care.

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