A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.
AG Ken Paxton says the New York law, creating a climate superfund, illegally targets the nation’s fossil fuel industry.
It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.
Representatives Chip Roy (R-TX-21) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-05), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have reintroduced legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) related to Iraq.
They shared the same name, Dirt Candy, and a devotion to healthy food. But a trademark dispute turned into an urban-rural standoff.
The New York Stock Exchange announced plans to reincorporate NYSE Chicago to NYSE Texas, headquartered in Dallas.
A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country.
"Texas is the most powerful economy in the nation," Texas governor Greg Abbott said in a statement.
They only bested Iowa State by nine points Saturday, despite being 12.5-point favorites against a Cyclones team missing star guards Keshon Gilbert and Curtis Jones. Houston turned the ball over 17 times in that game, but offset the giveaways by shooting 58.8 percent from 3-point range.