Kathy Hochul held a short press conference Thursday afternoon. She explained why New York would not honor an extradition order from Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox!

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are hurling insults at each other over abortion case and extradition order.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul informed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry that under no circumstance would she comply with his request to extradite an abortionist charged with prescribing […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke out after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online.

Jeff Landry recently asked Kathy Hochul to extradite a doctor who was charged for providing abortion medication to a patient from his state. She refused.

Shortly after receiving an extradition request Thursday from Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, New York's governor flatly rejected it, saying "not now, not ever," will she send a family doctor to this state to face criminal charges for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online for a Port Allen teenager.

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

Louisiana is seeking to prosecute the doctor, who allegedly provided abortion medication to a minor there. The case is a key test for blue state “shield laws.”

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