Hope Medical Group for Women v. LeBlanc

Challenge in federal court to a Louisiana law that exposes abortion providers to legal liability and exempts them from medical malpractice suit restrictions. Current Status: In March 2012, the U.S. District Court issued a permanent injunction against the law. (See the law here. See the court order here.)

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Repro Health Watch — an exciting new edition of the Women’s Health Policy Report — compiles and distributes media coverage of proposed and enacted state laws and ballot initiatives affecting women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care, as well as litigation in response to those provisions.