Overview
- Justice David M. Gandin dismissed Texas’s petition and upheld Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck’s refusal to file the out-of-state judgment against Dr. Margaret Carpenter.
- The court held that Carpenter’s actions were lawful in New York and fall squarely within Executive Law § 837‑X, which protects certain reproductive and gender-affirming care.
- A Texas court in February had imposed roughly $113,000 in penalties and issued an injunction after Carpenter did not appear, tied to prescribing abortion medication to a Dallas-area patient.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James’s bid to intervene was denied because the case did not require a ruling on the shield law’s constitutionality.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had invoked the Full Faith and Credit Clause and twice sought to file the judgment, and it remains unclear whether Texas will appeal.