Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck’s rejection of a ruling against Margaret Carpenter, who mailed abortion pills, will likely force a challenge to the shield law.

Ulster County rejected a motion seeking a civil penalty of over $100,000 against Dr. Margaret Carpenter of New Paltz over a missed court appearance for prescribing mifepristone to a Texan.

New York's abortion shield law prevents Texas from pursuing legal action against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas resident.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the New York doctor in December, accusing her of violating his state's ban by providing abortion pills to a resident. When the doctor and her attorneys failed to appear,

A local official in New York on Thursday rejected Texas' effort to enforce a $100,000 judgment against a New York doctor accused of sending abortion pills to the state, escalating an unprecedented interstate conflict.

New York officials used a shield law for the first time to prevent an abortion provider from being punished in a different state.