Is Dr Cara Christ an abortion doctor? Her bio on the Arizona Dept of Health doesn't say she is an ob/gyn. She certainly knew that aborted babies were being sold.
PHOENIX — State health director Cara Christ is pushing ahead with new rules on the sale of fetal tissue even though nothing in state law actually prohibits it.
Christ said a review of state statutes she performed on orders from Gov. Doug Ducey found that selling fetal tissue for profit is a crime only under federal law. The only state law on the subject makes it illegal to use a human fetus or any parts after an abortion for any medical experimentation or investigation.
Christ said though, she intends to force abortion clinics to file reports detailing not only the final disposition of any fetal tissue but any compensation received. That could include anything from simply covering its costs for transporting it to actually making a profit.
https://health.usnews.com/doctors/cara-christ-644771
https://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/fetal-tissue-arizona-wants-to-know-who-got-paid/article_746babf8-3c1f-512e-b798-6aab459c5f94.html
The director of the Arizona Department of Health Services has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging a new policy requiring doctors to advise women that chemical abortions can be reversed, arguing that it hasn’t hurt anyone yet.
The lawsuit, brought by a group of physicians and Planned Parenthood, contends that Arizona’s law violates doctors’ First Amendment rights by forcing them to promote a procedure that the American Congress of Obstetricians has said is not supported by scientific evidence.
Director Cara Christ’s lawyer, Douglas Drury, argued in court documents that the issue is not “ripe” for consideration because no doctors or patients have “suffered any injury in fact.”
For violating the law, which has been put on hold pending judicial review, doctors can lose their licenses and clinics can be shut down.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-director-of-health-asks-judge-to-discard-suit-challenging-abortion-reversal-law-7478367