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New York Clerk Rejects Texas Judgment Again in Telemedicine Abortion Dispute

Taylor Bruck invoked state shield law to refuse docketing a $100,000 Texas civil judgment against Dr Margaret Carpenter, prompting renewed escalation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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

  • On July 14, Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck declined for the second time to file a Collin County court’s more than $100,000 judgment against Dr Margaret Carpenter under New York’s shield law.
  • The original default judgment was entered in February after Carpenter, a telemedicine provider, failed to contest civil charges for prescribing mifepristone and misoprostol to a Texas patient.
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office insisted Bruck had a statutory duty under New York civil procedure to honor the judgment and issued a renewed demand last week.
  • Governor Kathy Hochul reaffirmed New York’s refusal to comply with out-of-state abortion judgments and rejected a separate extradition request from Louisiana earlier this year.
  • The dispute underscores growing interstate tensions over abortion access, state sovereignty and the limits of Full Faith and Credit clauses in the post-Roe era.