New York will not honor a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who prescribed abortion medication, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.
Hochul, seated behind her desk in her Manhattan office, held up a copy of Louisiana’s order and said she’d refuse to comply.
“I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana. Not now. Not ever,” Hochul said.
Hochul said the request runs counter to shield laws in New York meant to protect abortion providers from facing prosecution for treating patients in other states where the practice is no longer legal.
