New York State refuses to penalise doctor who mailed abortion drugs to Texas

A New York State county clerk has refused to enforce penalties filed by the state of Texas against a doctor in New York State who posted medication abortion drugs to a Texan woman.1

The US constitution requires states to enforce judgments against their citizens by another state, so the dispute is almost certain to go to the Supreme Court. The constitutional right to abortion was overturned in 2022 and the decision left to individual states.2 Texas is one of 19 of …