With doctors facing threats of criminal penalties for abortion, many states will become ‘maternity care deserts’ where there is no hospital, birthing center or obstetrician
“Forget the fines – people are afraid to go to prison,” said Lisa M Wayne, executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers . NACDL has fielded calls from reproductive rights groups, medical associations and even other attorneys in recent days, trying to sort out the kind of legal exposure they may face state-to-state.
Louisiana’s would also be especially punitive, allowing prosecutors to seek lengthy prison sentences and felony charges. The state law also provides no exemption for victims of rape or incest. For now, the state’s trigger law has been blocked by a state court, but state officials such as the Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry, haveof the ban. Nevertheless, the court case to stop the law has created a record of how doctors say a climate of fear and confusion has settled on the state and is certain to affect care.
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