The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of ...

AAPLOG issued a warning to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over a new law that "recklessly endangers" patients by shielding providers' identities who prescribe the abortion pill.

Louisiana’s attorney general is seeking to extradite a New York doctor who prescribed and sent abortion medication through ...

Some Republican lawmakers said they’ll back the Louisiana attorney general in whatever she chooses to do over an abortion ...

Lawsuits by multiple red states push to allow employers to penalize women who take time off to seek an abortion or deal with related medical complications.

So what are shield laws exactly, and what does the future hold for them? TIME spoke to experts to find out.

A legal battle between Louisiana and New York will likely make its way to the Supreme Court and could force President Trump to act federally on abortion.

New York’s shield law was designed to protect providers mailing medication abortion pills out of state. But a New York ...

New York enacted its telehealth abortion shield law in 2023, one year after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The law bans local ...

A Texas judge on February 13 fined Carpenter $100,000 for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas. That same day, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry ...

(CNN) — Dr. Margaret Carpenter, or “Dr. Maggie” as her friends and patients affectionately call her, has always been the brave one, says Dr. Ingrid Frengle-Burke, her best friend and former ...