The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a patient in another state.

The Trump administration has taken a number of actions aimed at restricting access to abortion, including pardoning ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are hurling insults at each other over abortion case and ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are publicly clashing over a Louisiana indictment of a New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills online. The ...

The anti-abortion movement in the United States has set its sights on a new target: doctors sending pills across state lines ...

Texas and Louisiana cases against a New York doctor over abortion pills sets up a showdown over shield laws designed to protect abortion providers.

By Pam Belluck Benjamin Oreskes and Emily Cochrane Louisiana officials seeking to prosecute a New York doctor who sent abortion medication to a resident of that state were thrown a roadblock on ...

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 ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the state.

The anti-abortion movement in the United States has set its sights on a new target: doc-tors sending pills across state lines ...

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

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