New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday rejected Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s motion to extradite the New York doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed an abortion pill to a Louisiana mother.
“The governor of Louisiana sent an extradition request demanding New York turn over a physician who provided reproductive healthcare. New York is rejecting that request,” Hochul said.
Murrill announced on Wednesday she had filed a motion to extradite Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury last month for knowingly providing a pregnant woman in Louisiana with an abortion drug.
“We will take any and all legal actions to enforce the criminal laws of this State,” Murrill said.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, right, has vowed to impede Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s motion to extradite the New York doctor indicted for prescribing an abortion bill to a Louisiana resident. (AP | Getty)
“We have sent out a law enforcement notice that certain out-of-state warrants are not enforceable in the state of New York,” Hochul replied Thursday. “So anyone who possibly pulls over an individual or is involved in a situation for a doctor who is protected under our laws is told, ‘You are not to cooperate and enforce this extradition.’ So I want to be clear that we have taken all the steps we can to protect this doctor.”
Since the indictment, Hochul has said she would not comply with extradition and signed a law allowing doctors to request their names be omitted from abortion pill prescriptions.
“I will never, under any circumstances, turn this doctor over to the state of Louisiana under any extradition request,” Hochul said.
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Murill said Hochul does not have the authority to resist extradition.
“New York officials, including the…
