It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.
New York passed a law in late December called the Climate Change Superfund Act, which seeks to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel energy providers who emitted greenhouse gas in New York from 2000 to 2018.
They shared the same name, Dirt Candy, and a devotion to healthy food. But a trademark dispute turned into an urban-rural standoff.
AG Ken Paxton says the New York law, creating a climate superfund, illegally targets the nation’s fossil fuel industry.
The ruling against a New York doctor who mailed pills to a Texas woman could have major implications for abortion pill access across state lines.
The New York Stock Exchange announced plans to reincorporate NYSE Chicago to NYSE Texas, headquartered in Dallas.
A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country.
"Texas is the most powerful economy in the nation," Texas governor Greg Abbott said in a statement.