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.

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

New York will not honor a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who prescribed abortion medication, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke out after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online.

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 battle surrounding the doctor that could test the limits of state abortion shield laws.

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.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejects request from Louisiana AG Liz Murrill to extradite a New York doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed an abortion pill to a Louisiana mother.

A New York doctor has been indicted in Louisiana on felony charges for allegedly providing an abortion across state lines via mail. On January 31, a West

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she will not comply with a request to extradite to Louisiana a New York doctor who faces a criminal charge there for allegedly prescribing abortion-inducing drugs ...

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

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill tweeted that her office has now signed off on the extradition request to Landry and awaits his approval.

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.