A New York doctor indicted for allegedly prescribing abortion medication to a patient in Louisiana could be protected under a so-called shield law. Here's how they work.

The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday rejected Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's motion to extradite the New York doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed an abortion pill to a Louisiana ...

AAPLOG issued a warning to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over a new law that "recklessly endangers" patients by shielding ...

A New York doctor has been indicted in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a teenager. This case may be the first of its kind since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

A legal battle between Louisiana and New York will likely make its way to the Supreme Court and could force President Trump ...

DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the blue state’s shield law against the two red states’ strict abortion bans.

Maggie Carpenter, but she’s charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday rejected Louisiana Gov.

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

Jeff Landry (R-LA) on Tuesday for the arrest of Margaret Carpenter, a New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills for a Louisiana minor, is the same as it would be for other criminal drug ...

So what are shield laws exactly, and what does the future hold for them? TIME spoke to experts to find out.