{"id":2484813,"date":"2025-09-10T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-ag-tries-to-stop-tx-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:41:54","slug":"ny-ag-tries-to-stop-tx-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-ag-tries-to-stop-tx-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers\/","title":{"rendered":"NY AG Tries To Stop TX From Punishing Abortion Drug Traffickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-ag-tries-to-stop-tx-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2484813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York Attorney General Letitia James has intensified efforts to protect abortion drug prescribers from prosecution under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-medical-group-pushes-late-term-abortion-with-misleading-studies\/\" title=\"Top Medical Group Pushes Late-Term ... With Mis... Studies\">pro-life state laws<\/a> by challenging Texas&#8217; enforcement of its mifepristone ban. James filed a legal challenge against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton&#8217;s attempt to sue and fine prescribers sending abortion pills illegally into Texas, specifically targeting a New York county clerk who blocked enforcement against a prescriber accused of violating Texas law. James asserts that Texas lacks jurisdiction in New York, while paxton argues that New York must honor Texas court rulings under the full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The dispute centers on a case involving Dr. margaret Daley Carpenter, who provided abortion drugs by mail to Texas residents after virtual consultations, leading to legal action and fines from Texas courts. New York has responded with shield laws to protect such prescribers, drawing criticism from pro-life medical groups warning of health risks associated with telehealth abortion drug prescriptions. Meanwhile,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >16 pro-life state attorneys general<\/a> have urged Congress to intervene by preempting state shield laws. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-hands-trump-victory-by-allowing-new-refugee-ban-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Appeals ... hands Trump victory by allowing new refugee ban - Washington Examiner\">legal battle reflects broader tensions<\/a> between states over abortion access, with New York Democrats investing heavily in abortion infrastructure and legal defenses despite ongoing investigations into James&#8217; own legal challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fDXBCWyY6LU\">Reuters\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/new-york-ag-tries-to-stop-texas-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers-who-broke-texas-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=New%20York%20AG%20Tries%20To%20Stop%20Texas%20From%20Punishing%20Abortion%20Drug%20Traffickers%20Who%20Broke%20Texas%20Laws&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/new-york-ag-tries-to-stop-texas-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers-who-broke-texas-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=New%20York%20AG%20Tries%20To%20Stop%20Texas%20From%20Punishing%20Abortion%20Drug%20Traffickers%20Who%20Broke%20Texas%20Laws&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/new-york-ag-tries-to-stop-texas-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers-who-broke-texas-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/new-york-ag-tries-to-stop-texas-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers-who-broke-texas-laws\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=New%20York%20AG%20Tries%20To%20Stop%20Texas%20From%20Punishing%20Abortion%20Drug%20Traffickers%20Who%20Broke%20Texas%20Laws&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/new-york-ag-tries-to-stop-texas-from-punishing-abortion-drug-traffickers-who-broke-texas-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James escalated her state&rsquo;s attempts to shield abortion drug traffickers from punishment for breaking pro-life state laws this week when she joined the legal fight over Texas&rsquo; mifepristone ban.<\/p>\n<p>James<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/08\/health\/abortion-shield-laws.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> announced<\/a> on Monday intent to file a court document challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton&rsquo;s efforts to sue and fine prescribers who illegally mail abortion pills to women in the Lone Star State. The filing specifically targets Paxton&rsquo;s suit against the New York county clerk who blocked Texas from fining an abortion pill prescriber under fire for violating state law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-628026435\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>James claims &ldquo;Texas has no authority in New York, and no power to impose its cruel abortion ban here.&rdquo; Paxton, on the other hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/09\/08\/exas-new-york-abortion-pill-access-lawsuit-shield-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insists<\/a> that New York has a &ldquo;constitutional obligation under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution&rdquo; to &ldquo;recognize the judicial enactments of other states&rsquo; courts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Letitia James is a lawless abortionist who is obsessed with killing babies and weaponizing her office for her political career. I will defeat her in court,&rdquo; Paxton <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1965075054754181502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said <\/a>on X, shortly after news of James&rsquo; filing broke.<\/p>\n<p>The fight centers on a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/16\/republicans-serious-about-protecting-life-should-follow-texas-in-prosecuting-abortion-pill-outlaws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a>, filed by Paxton in December, alleging that Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine Founder and Co-Medical Director Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter violated Texas law when she provided abortion drugs to a 20-year-old pregnant Dallas-Fort Worth woman by mail after a virtual appointment in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of January, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/new-york-doctor-indicted-prescribing-abortion-pill-louisiana-rcna190214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisiana grand jury indicted<\/a> Carpenter for similarly&nbsp;prescribing abortion drugs to a pregnant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-pills-new-york-hochul-12dc697d30967808aed9c3e4db2b1ff2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">minor<\/a>. Days later, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/protecting-reproductive-freedom-governor-hochul-signs-legislation-affirming-new-yorks-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rushed to sign<\/a> a &ldquo;shield law&rdquo; that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/protecting-reproductive-freedom-governor-hochul-signs-legislation-affirming-new-yorks-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Democrats<\/a> claim protects prescribers of the dangerous abortion drug regimen from penalty in pro-life states.<\/p>\n<p>A Texas judge eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/health\/texas-new-york-abortion-pills-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered Carter to pay $113,000<\/a> and cease sending abortion pills to Lone Star State women. Efforts to enforce that fine and even have Carpenter <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.louisiana.gov\/assets\/2025-Extras\/Extradition-warran-Doctor-Margaret-Carpenter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extradited<\/a> to Louisiana, however, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/27\/health\/new-york-texas-abortion-shield-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hamstrung<\/a> by Hochul and a New York county clerk touting the blue state&rsquo;s shield law.<\/p>\n<p>As the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs (AAPLOG) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/28\/doctors-nys-latest-attempt-to-shield-abortion-pill-prescribers-puts-womens-lives-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted earlier this year<\/a>, &ldquo;concealing doctors&rsquo; identity recklessly endangers the patients we&rsquo;re meant to serve.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It compounds the risks of telehealth prescription of mifepristone without in-person consultations, and the barriers it creates to identifying prescribing physicians could mean the difference between life and death for patients,&rdquo; AAPLOG wrote in a letter to Hochul after she signed the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>That warning, however, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/30\/study-83-percent-of-er-visits-due-to-drug-induced-abortions-miscoded-as-miscarriages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studies<\/a> showing the abortion pill regimen&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/28\/study-rate-of-serious-or-life-threatening-complications-after-abortion-pill-is-22-times-higher-than-fda-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rate of complications<\/a> is much higher than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims were apparently ignored by James.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Democrats&rsquo; persistence on abortion pills, pro-life states aren&rsquo;t backing down. In July, 16 red state attorneys general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/894677575\/Letter-to-Congress-Marshal-Lags#from_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">penned<\/a> a letter to congressional leadership urging the federal legislature to &ldquo;consider stepping in&rdquo; on the showdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of allowing pro-abortion States to disrespect the decisions of other States regarding abortion and trample the Constitution, Congress should assess whether it should tackle this issue head on with legislation that preempts state shield laws,&rdquo; the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>New York Democrats have already poured&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-calls-us-supreme-court-protect-access-abortion-medication-mifepristone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions of dollars<\/a>&nbsp;into stockpiling abortion pills, shoring up legal loopholes for abortionists. James has even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/ny-ag-letitia-james-sues-pregnancy-centers-over-life-saving-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a>&nbsp;pregnancy centers for offering abortion pill reversals to women who regret downing mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p>The latest attempt from James to double down on New York&rsquo;s radical abortion agenda comes in the face of a legal battle of her own. In April, the Federal Housing Finance Agency&nbsp;referred James for federal criminal prosecution over alleged&nbsp;mortgage fraud that led to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/29\/new-york-ag-letitia-james-faces-bar-complaint-over-alleged-mortgage-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a related bar complaint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her official involvement in the mifepristone shield law fight also came mere days after the Texas legislature passed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/BillLookup\/Text.aspx?LegSess=892&amp;Bill=HB7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a bill<\/a>&nbsp;permitting private citizens to sue abortion drug manufacturers, distributors, and prescribers who do business in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. 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