NY Judge Rejects Texas’ Efforts to Collect Abortion Pill Fine

A New York judge on Friday tossed Texas’ lawsuit seeking to enforce a fine against a doctor who remotely prescribed abortion medication.

The medical services New Paltz, N.Y., physician Maggie Carpenter provided are legal in the state and fall “squarely within the definition of ‘legally protected health activity,’” under New York law, Ulster County Judge David Gandin wrote.

Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in July sued acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck after the clerk declined to file summary judgment against Carpenter, who’s facing charges in Texas for remotely prescribing mifepristone to a Dallas-area woman. Bruck cited ...