A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are am

A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas.

A Collin County judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and mailing abortion pills to patients in Texas and fined her more than $100,000, according to The New York Times. The first-of-its-kind case that is expected to ascend to the U.

Last week, a Texas judge ordered Dr. Margaret Carpenter — a New York abortion doctor — to pay at least $100,000 in penalties for failing to appear in court. Carpenter has foun

The ruling against a New York doctor who mailed pills to a Texas woman could have major implications for abortion pill access across state lines.

The ruling was handed down on the same day New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite the same doctor.

The case is set to test states' conflicting abortion laws, a battle that could rise to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A Texas state judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay a penalty of at least $100,000 and stop providing abortion pills to women in Texas, in a win for the state's Republican attorney general,

Republican-controlled states' testing of abortion rights "shield laws" that have been passed in eight states in recent years ramped up on Thursday as a judge in Texas ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,

A Texas judge ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing abortion pills to patients in Texas, and to pay a penalty for doing so. | The physician was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine, plus attorneys’ fees,

The ruling by a Texas judge against a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas could test "shield laws" in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.