Erik Uebelacker reports:
A New York court on Thursday blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing a legal punishment against a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman in Texas, which has a near-total abortion ban.
“Today, I informed Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton that the Ulster County Clerk’s Office will not be filing a summary judgment against a New Paltz physician who is facing charges in Texas for providing mifepristone via telehealth to a Texas resident,” acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck said in a statement Thursday. “In accordance with the New York State Shield Law, I have refused this filing and will refuse any similar filings that may come to our office.”
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