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New York AG enters fight over abortion shield laws

New York Attorney General Letitia James is now intervening in a lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general over the Empire State’s abortion shield law.

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The move is an escalation in a legal battle between New York and Texas regarding a case that legal experts anticipate will be seen before the Supreme Court to determine if health care providers mailing abortion medication to states with abortion bans need to abide by their state laws.

At least eight states have enacted an abortion shield law that protects abortion providers and patients from civil and criminal action regardless of their location.

These laws enable providers living in states where abortion is legal, like New York, to send abortion pills to people in

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