The physician was charged in Louisiana with criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs, a felony there.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her refusal to extradite a Hudson Valley doctor charged with violating Louisiana’s abortion laws.In a video statement Thursday, Feb. 13, Hochul said she would not be signing an extradition

Texas didn't bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she’s charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday rejected Louisiana Gov.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's rejection of the extradition request from Louisiana sets up a potential showdown on laws protecting doctors who prescribe abortion medication to patients in states with bans.

The ruling was handed down on the same day New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite the same doctor who was charged in that state with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) weighed in on the recent extradition order in place for a New York doctor who allegedly sent abortion medication into Louisiana, calling it a “ripple effect of overturning Roe v.

Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite the same doctor, Dr. Maggie Carpenter, who was charged in that state with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor. Unlike Louisiana,

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected Louisiana’s request to extradite a doctor from accused of prescribing abortion drugs to a woman in West Baton Rouge Parish.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will reject the extradition request by Louisiana for a New York doctor charged with illegally providing abortion drugs to a mother who gave them to her minor daughter who reportedly wanted to have the baby.

Louisiana officials insist the doctor should stand trial, while Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed New York law enforcement not to cooperate with out-of-state abortion-related warrants.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her refusal to extradite a Hudson Valley doctor charged with violating Louisiana’s abortion laws. In a video statement Thursday, Feb. 13, Hochul said she would not be signing an extradition order for Ulster County-based Dr.

Jeff Landry recently asked Kathy Hochul to extradite a doctor who was charged for providing abortion medication to a patient from his state. She refused.