Texas’ lawsuit against New York physician Margaret Daly Carpenter for mailing abortion medication to the state is the first to challenge "shield laws" protecting doctors.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges in a lawsuit that a New York doctor broke the law by prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas woman during a Telehealth appointment. NewsNation's Xavier Walton reports on "Morning in America" that New York shield laws ...

The law bars public entities from cooperating with out-of-state investigations into reproductive health care services, protects against subpoenas and witness summonses and prohibits the extradition of lawsuit defendants to other states.