The law bars public entities from cooperating with out-of-state investigations into reproductive health care services, protects against subpoenas and witness summonses and prohibits the extradition of lawsuit defendants to other states.

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Dr. Margaret Carpenter for prescribing abortion medication to a Texas resident. The case challenges conflicting state abortion laws.

This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.