The shield law also protects against subpoenas and witness summonses and prohibits the extradition of lawsuit defendants to other states. Paxton's complaint alleges that Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a New York doctor for allegedly providing telemedicine and abortion pills to a woman in Texas, setting up a legal battle over the state’s abortion ban and a dueling New York law set up to shield doctors who prescribe abortion care to patients in states where the procedure is prohibited.

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton announced Friday he is suing a New York doctor for allegedly prescribing a Collin County woman abortion drugs in