New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Feb. 3 aimed at protecting healthcare providers from prosecution in states where abortion is banned, The New York Times reported. The legislation, which ...

New York, Florida and Maryland are among states with abortion referendums on the Nov. 5 ballot, but activists in other states have been collecting signatures aimed at forcing the issue on their ...

New York enacted a law on Monday intended to protect the state's doctors from prosecution by other states that have banned abortions when they prescribe and mail out abortion pills.

New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law Friday that legally protects doctors who prescribe and send abortion pills to patients in states where abortion services are outlawed ...

Wade in state law. Abortion is legal through the 24th week of pregnancy. After that, it’s legal if a medical provider decides the fetus is not viable or if the mother’s life or health are at risk.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has made abortion access the defining issue of her campaign. Her challenger, ... As governor, I will not change and could not change New York’s abortion law.” ...

These legal actions could prompt the first challenges to New York’s so-called shield law, which was designed to protect abortion clinicians from being targeted by states that restrict the procedure.

A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to take legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas patient.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion drugs after a New York physician was charged for prescribing the drugs to a girl in Louisiana.

Most states with abortion bans don’t allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, but that hasn’t stopped activists from harnessing the backlash.

The new law will take effect less than a week after a New York physician was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana on felony charges related to providing an abortion pill to a young patient in ...