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.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite Dr. Maggie Carpenter, who was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the state last month. "I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the ...

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.

I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — 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 test of laws that protect physicians who prescribe such medications to states with bans.

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.

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 ...

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

Shortly after receiving an extradition request Thursday from Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, New York's governor flatly rejected it, saying "not now, not ever," will she send a family doctor to this state to face criminal charges for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online for a Port Allen teenager.

(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 ...

We haven’t seen this kind of disparity in state laws around human rights since the Civil War," one legal expert told Jezebel. "What constitutes a human right in one state is a capital crime in another.

That same day, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s request to extradite Carpenter, who is facing felony charges for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a ...