Judge blocks law requiring doctors to tell patients about discredited 'abortion reversal'

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The ruling blocks portions of a longstanding set of abortion regulations, including the 24-hour waiting period, plus a new requirement that providers recite a script that informs patients that medication abortions can be “reversed.” The claim that an abortion conducted through the use of Mifepristone — the first pill in a commonly-used two-medication abortion regimen — can be “reversed” through doses of other drugs is not accepted science with the medical industry.

Judge K. Christopher Jayaram, a judge appointed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in 2021, issued the 92-page ruling on Monday in the case of Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach. The lawsuit involves the 1997 “Woman’s-Right-to-Know” Act, which requires doctors to obtain written proof of a patient’s informed consent within 24 hours before having an abortion. The original law required an extensive list of specific points that doctors were required to cover with their patients. Over the next decade, the act was amended multiple times, each iteration adding to the exhaustive mandates required of doctors."...