A county clerk cited the state’s shield law for declining to enforce a $100,000 judgment imposed in Texas against a New York health-care provider, setting up a likely showdown at the Supreme Court.
By Brianna Tucker. Originally published in The Washington Post on March 27, 2025.
CHLPI’s Carmel Shachar is quoted in this story.
A New York state court on Thursday blocked a Texas court from enforcing a fine of more than $100,000 against a New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman in Texas, escalating the battle over abortion regulation among states.
The refusal marks a major test of “shield laws” — a protection that at least 18 states and the District of Columbia have enacted to protect doctors who provide telehealth abortion care across state lines after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The New York court’s move is also likely to set up a showdown at the Supreme Courtas red states with strict abortion laws such as Texas — which has a near-total abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy — seek to prosecute out-of-state health-care providers. In New York, abortion is legal in most cases up to 24 weeks.
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