Download This PaperWhole Woman's Health: Not the 'Whole' Story
27 Pages Posted: 27 Apr 2020
Date Written: February 28, 2019
Abstract
This Note examines how the undue burden standard imposed by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt negatively and disproportionately subjects women to lower healthcare and safety standards when, in an attempt to promote women's rights, abortion proponents continue to challenge time-tested state statutes. This Note focuses on two statutes in particular, licensed-physician statutes and telemedicine abortion statutes, and explores how state legislatures might better position themselves to combat abortion proponents' recent challenges to these statutes by preserving their interest in protecting women's health and safety and the lives of the unborn.
Keywords: abortion, telehealth, telemedicine
JEL Classification: K36
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