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New York Clerk Defies Texas Again, Refuses to Enforce $100,000 Abortion Judgment

Invoking New York’s 2023 shield law, he closed the case in defiance of Texas officials with public backing from Governor Kathy Hochul

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Used boxes of Mifepristone, the first pill in a medical abortion, line a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
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Overview

  • Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck rejected a second demand from Texas to file a default civil judgment against Dr. Margaret Carpenter for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine.
  • Bruck cited the shield law passed in 2023, which expressly bars state agencies from enforcing out-of-state bans or penalties against abortion providers serving New Yorkers.
  • Governor Kathy Hochul praised the refusal, declaring that New York will not be intimidated by efforts to curtail abortion access.
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton maintains that New York civil procedure requires enforcement of the judgment and plans to challenge the shield law in federal court.
  • Legal analysts predict the escalating interstate dispute over shield laws and telemedicine abortion access is likely headed for a Supreme Court showdown.