A New York judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by Texas that sought to enforce a six-figure civil judgment against a physician for unlawfully prescribing an abortion medication to a patient in the state.

In the order, New York State Supreme Court Justice in Ulster County David M. Gandin ruled Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck acted lawfully in refusing to file a $113,000 default judgment issued February 14 in a Texas court. The judgment stemmed from a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, a physician in New Paltz, New York, who was accused of unlawfully providing abortion-inducing medication to a Texas woman.

Justice Gandin stated: “The medical services Dr. Carpenter rendered are legal in New York State. Hence, Dr. Carpenter’s conduct falls

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