I worked with my colleagues @anna-berns.bsky.social & @emmas-e.bsky.social to highlight the recent attacks on shield laws & why defending them is essential to repro freedom.
Learn more from our latest @guttmacher.org analysis:
www.guttmacher.org/2025/09/atta...

Unsurprisingly, anti-abortion policymakers are using all levels of government to target shield laws and go after abortion patients, providers and support networks.
And recent cases in Louisiana and Texas have the anti-abortion movement’s weaponization of the US legal system on full display.

Currently, 22 states and Washington, DC have shield laws in place.
8 states extend these protections to care via telehealth, allowing clinicians to provide care to patients in states with total bans and/or other severe restrictions, typically by mailing them abortion pills.

Shield laws are designed to minimize legal risks for patients, providers and others assisting those seeking abortion care by preventing state officials from cooperating with out-of-state prosecutions and extraditions.

I think people are so used to thinking that the one thing they interact with someone on is their sole stress, meanwhile we’re all juggling a million things !!!