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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite Dr. Maggie Carpenter, who was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the state last month.

A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there.

New York won’t comply with extradition of abortion provider, governor says. Louisiana is seeking to prosecute the doctor, who allegedly provided abortion medication to a minor there.

In response to the charges, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said in a video posted on X, “I will never, under any circumstances, turn this doctor over to the state of Louisiana under any ...