Planned Parenthood Sues Over Alaska Telehealth Abortion Ban (1)

Planned Parenthood challenged Alaska’s ban on telehealth abortion services, arguing restrictions violate the state’s constitution.

The reproductive rights group’s lawsuit takes on state law requiring residents to travel to health centers for abortion pills, while seeking a temporary ban against the law while their case is litigated. The complaint lodged in an Alaska court claims Alaska’s law “for no good reason, delays and denies patients’ access to an essential, constitutionally protected form of health care.”

“The State forces all Alaskans seeking a medication abortion to travel—in some instances more than 700 miles—to a health center in Anchorage or Fairbanks to ...