New York's telehealth shield law protects abortion providers

New York's abortion shield laws in the crosshairs after Louisiana seeks doctor's extradition
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.
New York won’t comply with extradition of abortion provider, governor says
Louisiana is seeking to prosecute the doctor, who allegedly provided abortion medication to a minor there. The case is a key test for blue state “shield laws.”
How New York’s telehealth shield law protects abortion providers
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 ordered to stop providing abortion pills to Texans
The ruling is the opening salvo in a likely lengthy battle between Texas’ abortion bans and New York’s “shield” protections for providers.
Shield Laws Are the Fault Line in the Battle Over Abortion Access
Society / New York’s shield law was designed to protect providers mailing medication abortion pills out of state. But a New York provider is facing legal action in Louisiana and Texas. Rachel Rebouché Can a doctor who lives in and practices medicine in the state of New York be fined by a Texas court for violating Texas’s abortion ban and licensure law,
Louisiana, New York battle over abortion laws: What comes next
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.
How 'shield laws' apply to telehealth abortion providers
By Rebekah Sager for the Michigan Independent. Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Michigan News Connection reporting for the Michigan Independent-Public News Service Collaboration The AP reported on Jan.
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DA Tony Clayton says evidence against New York abortion provider too strong to ignore
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New York governor rejects Louisiana's extradition request for doctor in abortion pill case
I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
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New York Governor rejects Louisiana extradition order over a doctor accused of providing a criminal abortion via telemedicine
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has rejected an extradition order from Louisiana for a New Paltz doctor accused of providing a criminal abortion via telemedicine.
New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws
A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s ...