August 12, 2022

The state’s shortage of doctors is creating a barrier to abortion access. Senate Bill 1375 would allow qualified nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform abortions without physician supervision.

In some ways, the suspense file that state lawmakers churned through on Thursday — a lengthy list of hundreds of bills that they either silently sent to their death or let survive another day — didn’t live up to its reputation. That’s because the secretive, twice-annual process — which allows legislators to shelve bills they […]