The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a patient in another state.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite Dr. Maggie Carpenter, who was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the state last month. "I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the ...

I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

A Texas judge has fined a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas in one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws enacted in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are hurling insults at each other over abortion case and extradition order.

Louisiana’s attorney general is seeking to extradite a New York doctor who prescribed and sent abortion medication through the mail to a resident of the Pelican State, escalating a legal

We haven’t seen this kind of disparity in state laws around human rights since the Civil War," one legal expert told Jezebel. "What constitutes a human right in one state is a capital crime in another.

"I'm respecting the laws of New York. Am I supposed to make those subservient to laws of another state?" Clayton said he was confident that, one way or another, Carpenter will make her way to a Louisiana courtroom to face the felony charges a West Baton ...

New York enacted its telehealth abortion shield law in 2023, one year after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The law bans local law enforcement from sharing information with other states and prohibits the governor from agreeing to hand over doctors who are accused of breaking other states’ abortion laws.

New York Doctor Is Fined in Texas, Charged in Louisiana Over Abortion Pills in Tests of Shield Laws DALLAS (AP) — A New York doctor's alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas ...

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Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing [email protected] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite Dr. Maggie Carpenter ...