New York Judge Blocks Texas’s Effort to Enforce Abortion Penalty Against Manhattan Doctor

New York Judge Blocks Texas’s Effort to Enforce Abortion Penalty Against Manhattan Doctor

A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to enforce the Lone Star state’s abortion penalty in the Empire State. Justice David Gandin of the Ulster County Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of County Clerk Taylor Bruck, who had refused to file a $113,000 Texas judgment against a Manhattan-based doctor. The ruling upholds New York’s so-called abortion “shield law,” which bars officials from cooper…