Magnolia State News

(Jackson, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch today led a multi state oalition of 19 Attorneys General in opposing the Biden Administration’s latest attempt to override the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling that protected the people’s right to make laws regulating abortion.“ 

For the past 12 months, the Biden Administration has tried to subvert the Court’s Dobbs decision that returned important policy making to the people, ”said Attorney General Lynn Fitch.“ With the use of unlawful executive actions and blatantly false misinformation campaigns, the Administration has shown they will stop at nothing to impose a national abortion regime, regardless of the Dobbs decision, state laws, or, most importantly, the will of the people. We urge the Administration to respect the American people’s right to make laws related to abortion and abandon this unlawful proposal.”

In a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Attorneys General write, the Administration "has pushed a false narrative that States are seeking to treat pregnant women as criminals or punish medical personnel who provide lifesaving care. Based on this lie, the Administration has sought to wrest control over abortion back from the people in defiance of the Constitution and Dobbs. The proposed rule here continues that effort.” 

The Attorneys General continue, “The proposed rule defies the governing statute, would unlawfully interfere with States’ authority to enforce their laws, and does not serve any legitimate need. Relying as it does on a false view of state regulation of abortion, the proposed rule is a solution in search of a problem. And it reflects the same distortion of basic legal rules and democratic principles that pervaded abortion matters for decades before Dobbs.” 

Their comment letter also notes that the “sweeping definition of ‘reproductive health care’” utilized in the proposed rule could be used to advance the Administration’s efforts to obstruct state laws concerning experimental gender-

transition procedures for minors, as well as impede investigations into child abuse and other serious crimes.

The comment letter was filed on June 16, 2023, in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. 88 Fed. Reg. 23506 (Apr.17, 2023).

Joining General Fitch on this comment letter are Attorneys General from 18states, including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. Click here to read the letter.

Original source can be found here.