New York enacted a law on Monday intended to protect the state's doctors from prosecution by other states that have banned abortions when they prescribe and mail out abortion pills.

These legal actions could prompt the first challenges to New York’s so-called shield law, which was designed to protect abortion clinicians from being targeted by states that restrict the procedure.

Meanwhile, New York is among several states that enforce shield laws—something abortion-banned states are beginning to challenge—which protect abortion providers from legal threats for mailing ...

The new law in New York expands the state's shield laws for healthcare providers who provide abortion services to other states. Inc. Power Partner Awards Early-Rate Deadline This Friday, June 27 ...

Texas has sought to fine a New York-based doctor who prescribed mifepristone to a Dallas woman, in a case likely headed to ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion drugs after a New York physician was charged for prescribing the drugs to a girl in Louisiana.

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 is among the Democratic-led states that have enacted “shield laws” to protect doctors who prescribe abortion medication to patients who live in states where abortion is restricted ...

Abortion in Louisiana is almost entirely banned unless deemed necessary to save the life of the mother or prevent “permanent impairment” of a life-sustaining organ.. New York, meanwhile, is ...

Wade in state law. Abortion is legal through the 24th week of pregnancy. After that, it’s legal if a medical provider decides the fetus is not viable or if the mother’s life or health are at risk.

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 ...