The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejects request from Louisiana AG Liz Murrill to extradite a New York doctor who allegedly ...

Louisiana’s attorney general is seeking to extradite a New York doctor who prescribed and sent abortion medication through ...

AAPLOG issued a warning to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over a new law that "recklessly endangers" patients by shielding providers' identities who prescribe the abortion pill.

Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke out after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who is prosecuting the case, called Hochul "sick and barbaric" for "cheerleading for the alleged coerced abortion of a young girl," asserting that this case isn ...

A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s ...

NY Gov. Hochul said her state would refuse extradition request, saying shield law protects providers who send abortion pills out of state.

Some Republican lawmakers said they’ll back the Louisiana attorney general in whatever she chooses to do over an abortion ...

Case appears to be first time state prosecutors brought criminal charges against doctor in another state for providing abortion pill New York doctor faces separate civil lawsuit by Texas attorney ...

So what are shield laws exactly, and what does the future hold for them? TIME spoke to experts to find out.