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 refused to process a $113,000 fine against a New York doctor found guilty of prescribing abortion-inducing medications in Texas.

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.

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. When the doctor and her attorneys failed to appear,

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.