By Jennifer Nuelle
Alaska’s Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have expanded access to contraceptives, while an Alaska Supreme Court judge ruled against a state law that says only licensed doctors can perform abortions.
Dunleavy He vetoed bill, and Judge Josie Garton ruled against a state law banning abortions unless performed by a physician licensed by the State Medical Board, ruling states. The bill, which was vetoed, would have required insurance companies to provide coverage for birth control and contraceptives.
The bill would required insurance companies “provide coverage for prescription contraceptives; consultations, tests, procedures, and medical services that are necessary to prescribe, dispense, introduce, deliver, distribute, administer, or dispose of drugs, devices, and other products or services.”
“Contraceptives are widely available, and forcing insurance companies to provide mandatory coverage for a year is bad policy,” Dunleavy spokesman Jeff Turner said. he said in an email to The Associated Pre
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, which covers Indiana, Kentucky, Alaska and Hawaii, received a eternal injunction after filing a complaint against the state of Alaska, a court ruling said. The court ruled the law conflicts with parts of the state constitution.
Garton noted in the ruling that the law violates the constitutional right to privacy as well as patients’ right to equal protection.
“The State does not claim that it could meet this high burden,” the ruling states. “As previously noted, there is a comprehensive statutory and regulatory framework in place to protect health and safety in the practice of medicine. It remains unlawful for a person not appropriately licensed or qualified by education, skill and training to perform a medication or aspiration abortion.”
Several states such as Nebraska, Florida AND Texas more stringent abortion regulations were adopted From The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization brought the abortion issue back to the states in 2022. However, other states with forceful Republican leanings, such as Florida AND Missouri Proposals for changes to abortion law will appear on the November ballot.
Arizona Supreme Court he ruled in April that an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions could go into effect, making abortions illegal, a decision that was overturned by a bill passed by the state legislature after the ruling. The Supreme Court he ruled against multiple doctors and “pro-life medical associations” in June after they challenged the FDA’s decision to change safety regulations for mifepristone, an abortion pill, ruling that the plaintiffs had no legal standing to bring the lawsuit.
The Alaska governor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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Jennifer Nuelle is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Mike Dunleavy” by Governor Mike Dunleavy. Background photo “Alaska State Capitol Building” by Roger W.CC BY-SA 2.0.
