New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejects request from Louisiana AG Liz Murrill to extradite a New York doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed an abortion pill to a Louisiana mother.

New York will not honor a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who prescribed abortion medication, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) weighed in on the recent extradition order in place for a New York doctor who allegedly sent abortion medication into Louisiana, calling it a “ripple effect of

Gov. Kathy Hochul reiterated her stance on reproductive freedom, after a New York doctor was indicted for prescribing abortion pills online to her patient in Louisiana.

Gov. Kathy Hochul reitterated her support Thursday for embattled New Paltz doctor Maggie Carpenter after receiving an extradition request from Lousiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

New York Gov Kathy Hochul says she will reject the extradition request by Louisiana for a New York doctor charged with illegally providing abortion drugs to a mother who gave them to her minor

The physician was charged in Louisiana with criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs, a felony there.

Kathy Hochul has embraced a more aggressive stance ... The case could lead to a battle in federal court over whether states that support abortion rights can protect doctors who provide abortion ...

In December, the state of Texas accused Dr. Maggie Carpenter, a family medicine doctor who practices in New York, of violating Texas law by providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texans via telehealth. The southern state bans abortion in almost all cases and also bans abortion pills from being prescribed through telemedicine.

I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul discussed her responsibility to maintain stability in New York City even as she considers anew the possibility of removing scandal-plagued Mayor Eric Adams. Hochul also discussed with Rachel Maddow her steadfast refusal to give in to legal demands being made by red states attempting to assert their anti-abortion laws on New York doctors.