New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law Monday shielding the identities of healthcare providers prescribing abortion pills, days after a Louisiana grand jury indicted a New York doctor for mailing abortion pills to a patient in the Bayou State, The Hill reported.
"Reproductive freedom will always be protected in the State of New York — and I'll never back down from this fight," Hochul said.
The law allows providers to use their practice's name on prescription labels instead of their own. Hochul vowed to defend abortion access, calling reproductive rights "under attack across the country."
Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter faces charges in Louisiana, where abortion is nearly banned, and could face prison time, fines, and loss of her medical license. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Carpenter and the patient's mother, who has since turned herself in.
The case is the first known prosecution of an out-of-state doctor for prescribing abortion medication. But Hochul has rejected Louisiana's extradition efforts. "I will never, under any circumstances, turn this doctor over," she said.
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