States Face Off Ferociously Over #AbortionShield Laws

A looming #constitutional battle between #Texas and #NewYork is the leading edge of the escalating states’ #rights fight over the #prescribing and mailing of #abortion pills to #patients in states with bans.
#statesrights #prescriptions

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/health/abortion-shield-laws.html

States Heading Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws

Texas and New York are at the leading edge of an escalating states’ rights battle over the mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with bans.

The New York Times

Likewise I am not up on every detail of changes made since the striking of #RoeVsWade, but IIRC several #American states have made the #prescribing or #dispensing of #medications known to be used for medical abortion illegal, even if the specific purpose for a specific patient is for another reason unconnected to abortion.

(Reminder: yes, many Rx can and are used for many different conditions, not just the thing they're most famous for)

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#Rx
#SupplyChain

Idaho's ban on youth gender-affirming care has families scrambling for solutions

Idaho families with transgender children are desperately scrambling for solutions as a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors has taken effect. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the 2023 law can be enforced while lawsuits against it work their way through lower courts. Under the law, doctors could face up to 10 years in prison for providing hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under 18. Some Idaho families say they're considering moving to states where such care for minors is legal. Advocates worry that lower-income families who can't afford to travel across state lines will be disproportionately impacted.

AP News
Wyoming Bans Health Care for Trans Youth

Doctors and health professionals in Wyoming will now be prevented from prescribing gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth.

Metro Weekly
PBM Is Important in Your Health Planning, and You Need to Know This #medication #PBM #insurance #healthcare #prescribing #pharmacies #health https://link.medium.com/n7CVKsrQrHb
Firefly Bio assembles with $94M and an ADC dream team to work on protein degraders —Tech’s foray into predictive prescribing — Pfizer agrees to pay $93 mln to settle Lipitor antitrust lawsuit--http://bit.ly/w28kSd #fireflybio #proteindegraders #prescribing #ai #pfizer #antitrust #legal #lipitor #pharma #pharmanews #biotech #biopharma #biotechnology #cafepharma
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@Satori

I'm glad you got your #diagnosis! Was it a PCR test?

And while I know nothing about E. cuniculi but what I read online, I don't understand an immunosuppressant being used to treat it - it's a microsporidial parasite infection, and the drug used to treat it seems to be #albendazole, which I can't find any mention of causing #immunosuppression... and that's generally the last thing you want when trying to kill an infection of any type.

What exactly is the #vet #prescribing for Skye?

Ontario expands pharmacist prescription powers, adding 6 more common ailments | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3F3pUgl #OntarioPharmacies #Pharmacists #Prescribing #OCPInfo #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
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Ontario proposes letting pharmacists prescribe flu meds, give RSV vaccines | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3RnzQIT #Influenza #RSV #OntarioPharmacists #Prescribing #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
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