Abortions and Extradition

The governor of New York says she won’t — ‘not now, not ever’ — sign an extradition request in abortion case.

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Governor Hochul at New York City's Hudson Yards, October 10, 2024. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

A legal clash between the states over abortion is escalating with Governor Hochul’s defiance of an extradition request — “Not now, not ever,” she thundered — from Louisiana. A Pelican State grand jury in January indicted a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a West Baton Rouge Parish resident. “The pill may be legal in New York. It’s not legal in Louisiana,” the district attorney avers. It’s shaping up as a case that could go to the Supreme Court.

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