A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to take legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas patient. The escalating dispute between Texas and New York over the Empire state’s so-called shield law,

A New York county clerk declined to enforce Texas’ civil judgment against a doctor who prescribed abortion pills to a patient via telehealth, escalating an interstate legal battle that is expected to end up before the Supreme Court.

A New York county court blocked the state of Texas from taking legal action against a doctor who allegedly prescribed and sent abortion pills to a woman in Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the New York doctor in December, accusing her of violating his state's ban by providing abortion pills to a resident.

A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman. The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level,

New York is one of eight states with a shield law that protects abortion pill providers from facing legal retaliation by states where abortion is outlawed.

A New York county clerk's rejection of a Texas ruling against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who mailed abortion pills, is likely to spark a legal challenge.

New York officials used a shield law for the first time to prevent an abortion provider from being punished in a different state.

A local official in New York on Thursday rejected Texas' effort to enforce a $100,000 judgment against a New York doctor accused of sending abortion pills to the state, escalating an unprecedented interstate conflict.

The acting clerk of Ulster County Supreme Court, Taylor Bruck, says he will ‘refuse any similar filings that may come to our office.’