An Ally in the AG’s Office
Since taking office in 2018, New York Attorney General Letitia (Tish) James has been putting New Yorkers and women at the top of her priorities list.
Here are some of the many battles she has fought on behalf of all of us – her constituents:
- Title X, August 2026 – James led a coalition of 22 other states in suing to block a federal policy that would strip Title X family planning funds from states and providers. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated to family planning and related preventative care, helping millions of low-income patients access contraception, cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, and pregnancy testing and counseling.
- Shield Law, September 2025 – James intervened to block Texas’s attempt to use New York courts to enforce its abortion bans. The Texas attorney general is suing a New York county clerk who refused to accept papers for collecting a $113,000 judgment against a New York doctor who provided legal telehealth abortion care.
- Planned Parenthood, July 2025 – James joined a coalition of 21 other attorneys general in suing to block a provision of the “One Big
BeautifulBill Act” (OBBA) that defunded Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of reproductive health care. - Emergency Abortion Care, June 2025 – She co-led a coalition of 21 other attorneys general in sending a letter to the American Hospital Association reminding hospitals of their obligation to provide emergency abortion care under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
- Anti-Abortion Extremist Groups, March 2025 – James released a statement after a federal judge ruled that Red Rose Rescue, an anti-abortion group, repeatedly violated state and federal clinic access laws by invading reproductive health care clinics and interfering with patient care. FACE Act and the New York State Clinic Access Act protect patients and staff, both inside and outside clinics, from force, threats of force, and physical obstruction when seeking or providing reproductive health care. Choice Matters assisted the Office of the NYS Attorney General.
- Healthcare Providers, May 2025 – She led a coalition in urging the American Medical Association (AMA) to protect health care providers from dangerous board certification requirements. The coalition argues that requiring abortion and gender-affirming care providers to travel to restrictive states for certification puts them at legal and physical risk, especially those who are pregnant or transgender.
- Crisis Pregnancy Centers & Medication Abortion, May 2024 – James sued Heartbeat International, Inc. and 11 New York “crisis pregnancy centers” for using false and misleading statements to advertise “Abortion Pill Reversal” (APR), which they claim can reverse medication abortions. In reality, abortion cannot be “reversed,” and there is little scientific evidence that APR is safe or effective. She seeked to stop the misleading advertising, holding the centers to the same standard as any other business advertising health care to consumers, and to obtain civil penalties.
- Trans Youths, September 2026 – James joined 20 other attorneys general and the governor of Pennsylvania in suing the Trump administration over a new rule that blocks states from receiving federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding for gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents.The coalition also argued the rule will seriously harm transgender youth and young adults. Research shows that gender-affirming care reduces depression, anxiety, and suicidality, and the Trevor Project found that suicide attempts among transgender youth rose by as much as 72 percent in the first year after state-level restrictions were imposed.
James offers a free hotline and resources for your questions about reproductive health on her website.
Attorney General Tish James has teamed with 24 law firms and eight nonprofits nationwide to provide New York residents and visitors with free (pro-bono) legal information & resources about accessing abortion. The task force operates a free hotline, 212-899-5567, that provides legal information and referrals to:
- New Yorkers seeking an abortion
- patients wanting to travel to New York for an abortion
- people and organizations providing material
- support to patients New York health care providers
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