Texas AG Attempts Power Grab Over NY Abortion Care

ALBANY, NY – The legal battle over reproductive rights just hit a new low. Texas Attorney General is attempting to strong-arm New York courts into enforcing Texas’s draconian abortion bans, a move New York Attorney General Letitia James is vowing to fight tooth and nail. The escalation centers around a $113,000 judgment the Texas AG secured against a New York doctor for providing safe, legal telehealth abortion care. This isn’t about justice; it’s about exporting extremism.

The Texas attorney general is suing a New York county clerk after his office was blocked from filing papers to collect the judgment. He’s challenging New York’s shield law, passed in 2023 after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted Roe v. Wade, which protects providers and patients from out-of-state prosecution for abortion and gender-affirming care. James formally intervened in the lawsuit today, declaring she will defend the constitutionality of the shield law and prevent Texas from turning New York courts into an extension of its anti-abortion agenda.

“Texas has no authority in New York, and no power to impose its cruel abortion ban here,” James stated bluntly. “Our shield law exists to protect New Yorkers from out-of-state extremists, and New York will always stand strong as a safe haven for health care and freedom of choice. I will fight every last attempt to roll back our rights and turn back the clock on reproductive freedom.” The core of the dispute: Texas claims New York’s shield law violates the Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause.

The origin of this mess? In December 2024, the Texas attorney general sued a New York doctor in Texas court for offering telehealth abortion services from her Ulster County clinic. A Texas judge handed down the $113,000 judgment. When the attorney general tried to enforce that judgment in New York, the Ulster County Supreme Court, citing the shield law, refused to cooperate. Now, the Texas AG is taking the fight to New York courts, hoping to dismantle the state’s protective legislation.

Attorney General James isn’t backing down. She has formally notified Ulster County Supreme Court Judge David Gandin of her intervention, invoking her authority to defend challenged New York laws. Her upcoming filing will argue that New York has both the legal right and responsibility to protect its residents, providers, and courts from this blatant overreach. This is more than just a legal skirmish; it’s a fight for state sovereignty.

The move by the Texas attorney general is part of a broader, disturbing trend of anti-abortion politicians attempting to extend their bans across state lines and punish those providing legal reproductive healthcare. “At a time when reproductive freedom is under unprecedented attack, our state and its leaders must do everything in their power to protect those seeking abortion care and the providers delivering it,” stated Robin Chappelle Golston, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts. James is determined to ensure that one state’s extreme politics don’t dictate healthcare choices elsewhere.

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