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 ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.
Representatives Chip Roy (R-TX-21) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-05), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have reintroduced legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) related to Iraq.
It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.
AG Ken Paxton says the New York law, creating a climate superfund, illegally targets the nation’s fossil fuel industry.
They shared the same name, Dirt Candy, and a devotion to healthy food. But a trademark dispute turned into an urban-rural standoff.
The New York Stock Exchange announced plans to reincorporate NYSE Chicago to NYSE Texas, headquartered in Dallas.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries shared his thoughts on the Trump presidency, the possibility of reimbursing Texas for border security and Democratic efforts to retake the House.
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 among the strictest in the country.
"Texas is the most powerful economy in the nation," Texas governor Greg Abbott said in a statement.