New York Attorney General Letitia James is intervening in a landmark legal battle involving a New York physician who allegedly prescribed abortion pills via telehealth to a patient in Collin County, Texas. On Monday, James sent a letter to a State Supreme Court judge in Ulster County, New York, invoking her authority to defend the state’s “shield law,” which prohibits state officials from cooperating with investigations into New York providers offering out-of-state abortions. The letter responds to a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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