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NY judge dismisses legal challenge from Texas in early test of abortion shield law (apnews.com)

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A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the state’s “shield law” designed to protect providers.

Republican Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton wanted a New York court to enforce a civil decision from Texas against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who practices north of New York City in Ulster County, for allegedly prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine.

But acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck refused to file the judgment, saying he was a government employee who had to comply with New York’s shield law, which protects providers from other states’ reach.

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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One legal jurisdiction trying to enforce their laws in a completely separate jurisdiction is just so ridiculous.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

We actually went to war over this before. Escaped slaves, if I remember. Seems like the south forgot how that went.