Rachel Rebouché in the Media

The Washington Post December 9, 2025

More women accessing abortion pills online despite red state efforts

Professor Rachel Rebouché comments on the increased use of medication abortion via telehealth services to circumvent current anti-abortion efforts.

The Guardian December 4, 2025

Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’?

Professor Rachel Rebouché discusses how the new Texas House Bill 7 may be legally dismantling "shield laws" by allowing private citizens in Texas to sue out-of-state abortion-pill providers.

San Francisco Chronicle December 4, 2025

An influential anti-abortion lawyer is targeting a Bay Area doctor — and California’s shield laws

Professor Rachel Rebouché outlines the legal conflicts between Texas' anti-abortion statutes and California's shield laws following a Texas man's civil lawsuit against a Bay Area doctor, explaining the steep legal and Constitutional challenges the lawsuit will face in court.

States Newsroom November 19, 2025

Shield laws have held up so far, but a new anti-abortion Texas statute means to test them

Professor Rachel Rebouché explains how a new bill in Texas targeting abortion shield laws could make Texans hesitant to order abortion pills and providers wary of prescribing them.

The Washington Post October 22, 2025

As red states target abortion pills, this group aims to boost protections

Professor Rachel Rebouché comments on the shield law strategy regarding the use of abortion pills in an article about a new abortion advocacy group.

Texas Monthly October 13, 2025

He Just Wanted to Modernize the DMV. Then Ken Paxton Sued Him.

Professor Rachel Rebouché suspects that the legal battles surrounding a New York physician for prescribing and mailing abortion pills to a Texas resident were designed to take the issue to the Supreme Court as the first significant test of abortion shield laws.

WITF September 30, 2025

Planned Parenthood Keystone operating without Medicaid funds

Professor Rachel Rebouché explains that Republican efforts to block Medicaid funding unfairly target Planned Parenthood, weaken clinics, and discriminate against medical providers that also provide abortion services.

The Guardian September 18, 2025

Abortion pill providers targeted by new Texas law refuse ‘anticipatory obedience’

Professor Rachel Rebouché notes that the new state law allowing people to sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, distributing or mailing abortion pills to or from Texas is the first legislative challenge to shield laws.

The 1A NPR September 11, 2025

The Supreme Court, shield laws, and the future of telehealth abortions

Professor Rachel Rebouché joins the WAMU 1A podcast to discuss interstate lawsuits and emerging conflicts over abortion bans between those attempting to extend their authority beyond borders and "shield law" states.

The 19th September 9, 2025

Texas’ medication abortion ban could achieve a top conservative goal

Professor Rachel Rebouché comments on the passage of Texas House Bill 7 regarding telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills and points to the uncertainty of consequences at the national level.

iheart Radio March 17, 2025

Exploring the Rise of Abortion Shield Laws in Post-Dobbs America

Professor Rachel Rebouché is a guest on the “ABA Law Student Podcast” discussing how the constitutional debate over abortion touches on other issues such as  interstate commerce, the Full Faith and Credit Clause, and the Extradition Clause.