Ken Paxton sues NY clerk to enforce Texas judgment over telehealth abortion pill prescription

Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) on Monday filed legal action against a New York clerk for refusing to enforce a judgment against a New York doctor, who prescribed abortion pills to a Texas resident.

Paxton’s office, previously this year, asked acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck to file a summary judgment and court summons against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who lost in a civil lawsuit filed by Texas in March. Bruck refused to do so on two separate occasions, prompting Paxton to legally force the clerk’s hand.

Paxton submitted a petition seeking a writ of mandamus, which would compel Bruck to file the Texas judgment in New York state court. Because New York is one of eight states that have a telehealth shield law protecting abortion providers

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