US EditionLouisiana AG moves to sue California, New York over abortion pill access
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill files federal lawsuits to compel extradition of doctors charged with felony abortion-inducing drug offenses amid shield laws protecting providers in California and New York.
- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she will sue California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in federal court to compel extradition of doctors mailing abortion pills, reaffirming her intent on social media yesterday.
- Louisiana's criminal statutes and medication restrictions have prompted prosecutors' actions, with formal extradition requests sent to California and New York in two criminal cases involving mailed abortion drugs.
- California doctor Remy Coeytaux faces charges after mailing abortion pills to a woman in St. Tammany Parish in January, while New York doctor Margaret Carpenter was indicted last year for mailing pills to West Baton Rouge Parish; both face felony charges under Louisiana law.
- With governors refusing extradition, California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on social media, saying `California will never help you criminalize health care`, while Newsom and New York officials refused to turn over doctors.
- The cases raise constitutional Extradition and Full Faith and Credit questions, as Murrill says federal lawsuits challenge states' obligations and legal scholars expect U.S. Supreme Court review.
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Newsom Protects Unethical Doctor who Broke Texas Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom, introducing abortion.ca.gov. (Photo: video Office of the Governor of California) A San Francisco, California doctor is being sued by a Texas resident for prescribing abortion pills that ended the life of his unborn child. This is the first suit using Texas’s new controversial anti-abortion law that allows citizens to sue medical providers for performing an abortion or aiding in the termination of a pregnancy. Texas House Bill …
Louisiana AG to Sue California and NY Over Refusal to Extradite Abortion Providers
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she plans to sue California and New York after their governors refused to extradite doctors who prescribed abortion pills to women in her state. Murrill argued in federal court on Feb. 5 that their refusal was unconstitutional because it failed to honor Louisiana’s abortion restrictions. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose state has passed a law against such extraditions, responded on social media by a…
Gavin Newsom In Battle Of The Pottymouths With Louisiana Over Extraditing Abortion Provider
Prepare to clutch your pearls, a Democrat has cursed out a Republican again. How uncouth!The guilty fiend this time is Gov. Gavin Newsom of California. The object of his rebuke is Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana. The conflict is that Newsom will not extradite a California doctor to Murrill’s backwards hickville of a redneck state to face charges for providing abortion pills to a Louisiana resident. So Murrill is suing him, along w…
Newsom tells Louisiana AG 'f*** yourself' over abortion pill lawsuit
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) denounced Louisiana for targeting a California doctor charged with illegally sending abortion pills to the state. He told Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill to “go f*** yourself” after she sought to have doctors in California and New York, accused of mailing abortion drugs across state lines in violation of Louisiana laws, extradited to Louisiana to face charges. Both California doctor Remy Coeytaux and New York doc…
'Go f**k yourself': Newsom comes unglued in response to La. attorney general · American Wire News
There’s little doubt that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is running for president in 2028, and there’s also little doubt that the Democrat understands the radical left-wing base that makes up his party today. In what is likely a play to that base, Newsom launched a vulgar attack on Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who issued an arrest warrant for Dr. Remy Coeytaux, a Sonoma County, California, doctor who allegedly mailed abortion pills to a…
Louisiana Lawsuit Could Force New York and California To Extradite Doctors Accused of Shipping Abortion Pills
The move is expected to tee up a legal challenge to the constitutionality of shield laws protecting doctors who ship the medications across state lines.
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