New York Refuses To Extradite Doctor Charged With Prescribing Abortion Pills

[Wicked Blue]

Source: AP via HuffPost

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.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said she will not honor Louisiana’s request to arrest and send the doctor to Louisiana after she was charged with violating the southern state’s strict anti-abortion law.

“I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana,” Hochul said at a news conference in Manhattan. “Not now, not ever.”

She also said she sent out a notice to law enforcement in New York that instructed them to not cooperate with out-of-state warrants for such charges.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-abortion-new-york-doctor-indicted_n_67ae61a6e4b0513a8d766f5b

[Irish_Dem]

1. Can LA come and arrest her in New York?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. I'm betting dollars to donuts that she now has security around her

and if any LA cops try that, they'll find themselves face down on the ground and being arrested for attempted kidnapping.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Security is very expensive, who is paying for it?

I hope to god you are right MCE.

I would like to see those LA cops eating NY dirt.

[anciano]

2. "Not now, not ever".....

[John1956PA]

5. Just like the song by Michael Stanley proclaims.

[kerouac2]

3. This is going to be interesting.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Adams will probably snatch the doctor.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. New York doctors get legal protection to prescribe abortion pills across state lines

The indictment of a New York doctor is an attempt to nationalize abortion bans across state lines. New York has a protection law that will be tested.

Link to tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-doctor-indicted-prescribing-abortion-pill-louisiana-rcna190214

Friday’s indictment could be the first direct test of New York’s shield laws, which are intended to protect prescribers who use telehealth to provide abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is banned.

“We always knew that overturning Roe v. Wade wasn’t the end of the road for anti-abortion politicians. That’s why I worked with the Legislature to pass nation-leading laws to protect providers and patients,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a prepared release.

Attorney General Letitia James, who would enforce the shield law, called the indictment a "cowardly attempt" to "weaponize the law against out-of-state providers is unjust and un-American."

James added, "we will not allow bad actors to undermine our providers’ ability to deliver critical care. Medication abortion is safe, effective, and necessary, and New York will ensure that it remains available to all Americans who need it.”

I will be watching this case. I support the NY legal protection law

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-new-york-doctor-protection-shield-161fc73174a04f68e93c4312b3b21ea0

— A law to protect doctors in New York who prescribe abortion pills to patients in states where the procedure is outlawed was signed Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said the measure would serve women living in states with bans.

Coming a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, the law bars New York officials from cooperating with certain legal actions initiated in states where abortion is banned, such as arrests or extraditions. New York joins several other states with similar telehealth “shield laws.”

“Extremist lawmakers in other states can stop their health care providers from supplying abortion pills. If that’s your state, I feel sorry for your constituents. But they can’t stop us. They can’t stop our providers,” Hochul, a Democrat, said at a bill signing ceremony.....

Also Friday, Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a sweeping executive order to protect anyone involved with a legally obtained abortion from prosecution.

The order bans local prosecutors from bringing abortion-related charges and state agencies from assisting in any criminal investigations without a court order. In addition, Arizona will not honor any extradition requests for people wanted for assisting, providing or seeking an abortion.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, is the only official who can oversee abortion-related prosecutions.

[slightlv]

7. I applaud New York and Arizona! Thank you for standing firm!

But how republican is this... LA says we have "this" law and we're not going to break it and neither are you! BUT YOU can't have a law in your state that says the opposite. We're entitled... you're not.

[North Coast Lawyer]

8. Let the Battle Begin

Lets hope Governor Hochel's newly discovered backbone holds.