NY county clerk refuses to file Texas' fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 8:59 PM EDT, March 27, 2025


A county clerk in New York refused Thursday to file a more than $100,000 judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, setting up a potential challenge to laws designed to shield abortion providers who serve patients in states with abortion bans.

A Texas judge last month ordered Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who practices north of New York City, to pay the penalty for allegedly breaking that state’s law by prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine. The Texas attorney general’s office followed up last week by asking a New York court to enforce the default civil judgment, which is $113,000 with attorney and filing fees.

The acting Ulster County clerk refused.

“In accordance with the New York State Shield Law, I have refused this filing and will refuse any similar filings that may come to our office. Since this decision is likely to result in further litigation, I must refrain from discussing specific details about the situation,” Acting Clerk Taylor Bruck said in a prepared statement. Republican Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton said he was outraged by the refusal and signaled he would take action.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-lawsuit-texas-new-york-carpenter-e97d5c38d9429083d03c2a7b385cbbfd

[JohnSJ]

1. Good, ignore Texas. Texas has a repressive government who has declared war against women, minorities, and the most

vulnerable people in our society.

[Paladin]

2. Good!

Fuck you where you breathe, Paxton.

[VMA131Marine]

3. NEW YORK TO TEXAS: "DROP DEAD!"

See what I did there?

[ScratchCat]

4. The State of Texas has no legal authority

To file a civil judgment based upon a Texas Law in The State of New York in an attempt to get The State of New York to enforce a Texas fine against a New York resident. Further, The State of Texas has no legal authority to tell a Doctor in another State what it can or can't prescribe to a Texas resident. The State of Texas can't pass laws covering what people in other States can do. This isn't even a grey area.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. That has never stopped Paxton

from wasting the taxpayer money on a futile search for some imaginary "holy grail". He enjoys being a busy-body by trying to interfere in the governance of other states.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

6. Long past time someone stood up to Texas.

The Biff Tannen of states.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. PA did during the 2020 election

when current governor Josh Shapiro was AG here. He basically told Paxton to go pound sand.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

8. Shapiro will have opportunities to take even stronger stands.

Hopefully he sees the moment and takes it.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. As governor, he can do some things

but unfortunately, our new AG is a (R), so that has kept the state out of the multiple (D) AG suits unfortunately.

[Mustellus]

10. While the Constitution requires according "full faith and credit" to other states' laws....

.. .the entire Confederacy has been ignoring child support decrees for decades. Let Texas pay up first.