American Medical Association sues North Dakota over abortion counseling law

Source: CNN

(CNN)The American Medical Association, the main industry group for doctors, is taking North Dakota to court over abortion counseling requirements that the group says violate medical ethics.

The AMA argues that a federal judge should block North Dakota's rules, claiming that they "compel physicians and their agents to speak government-mandated messages that entail providing to their patients misleading or even patently false, non-medical information with which they disagree," according to the lawsuit.

The new challenge from the medical establishment comes amid a recent escalation in abortion politics nationwide. The group previously joined a lawsuit against President Donald Trump in March over his administration's efforts to bar health care providers who receive Title X funds from discussing abortion with patients or offer referrals for the procedure.

Abortion rights advocates have challenged several recent laws restricting access to the procedure, setting up a possible reckoning for Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood sued Alabama in May and Arkansas and Georgia last week.

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