Summary
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a doctor in New York for mailing pills into the state. The physician, Margaret Daly Carpenter, is part of a group called the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine.
Texas has accused Carpenter of practicing medicine without a license. If Texas’ lawsuit goes forward, it seems likely, Texas will win in its own state courts.
The Supreme Court will ultimately have to decide these legal questions. Many of them land in enough of a legal gray area that predicting the outcome is challenging.
Mary Ziegler: If Texas can target doctors, it will be harder to target providers who serve out-of-state patients. States may even race to be the first to reach a final judgment, she says.
