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Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon

Kaiser Health News

Some experts predict those providers could soon face a new legal threat: medical malpractice lawsuits alleging they harmed patients by failing to provide timely, necessary abortion care. ” Some supporters of abortion bans said they would welcome malpractice lawsuits. .”

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Venue back on the menu? Proposed rule change could shift the landscape of medical malpractice in the Commonwealth

Health Law Gurus

Change may be coming soon to Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice venue rule (Rule 1006(a.1))—a 1))—a change that could send medical malpractice filings in Philadelphia skyrocketing. Notably, the report did not draw any conclusions as to what impacts eliminating the medical malpractice venue rule may have.