Health Care & Hospital Law
Apr. 3, 2025
The case of Dr. Maggie Carpenter: The Dobbs extradition crisis is here
A constitutional crisis is unfolding as Louisiana seeks to extradite a New York doctor for providing abortion pills via telemedicine, highlighting the growing legal conflict between states with different abortion laws three years after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.
Caleb Mason
Partner
Werksman Jackson & Quinn, LLP
It's been three years since the Dobbs decision, in which the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and held that that there is no constitutional right to abortion. After Dobbs, abortion was quickly banned or significantly restricted in a dozen states, both through the recrudescence of never-repealed pre-Roe bans, and through newly enacted statutes, including criminal laws that specifically targeted medical providers.
Dobbs portended...
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