Attorney General Letitia James is intervening in a lawsuit to defend New York’s shield law regarding abortion rights. In a video message posted to X on Monday, Sept. 8, the attorney general said her office is intervening in a lawsuit to defend New York’s shield law and stop Texas from imposing what she described as a cruel abortion ban here in New York.

Seeking, providing, and helping others obtain or provide abortion or gender-affirming health care is legal and protected in New York, but according to the Office of the New York Attorney General (OAG), increasingly, other states have criminalized this type of health care. In response, New York enacted several statutes known collectively as the “Shield Law” intended to protect providers and patients offering or seeking such care in New York

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