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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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 ...

New York on Thursday rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, setting up a potential ...

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

(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades,File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DALLAS (AP) — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s ...