Gov. Hochul signs law protecting NY doctors who send abortion pills out of state

Gov. Hochul on Friday signed into law a bill that provides a legal shield for licensed New York medical care providers who send abortion pills to states where abortion is banned. Chastising lawmakers in other states who have sought to limit abortion medication access as “extremists,” Hochul said New York State would refuse to assist out-of-state authorities in the prosecution of New York telemedicine providers who prescribe abortion pills. “You want to prosecute, penalize, sue one of our health care providers?” Hochul said at a news conference on the Upper...