"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite a California physician accused of providing abortion medication to a Louisiana patient, marking the latest clash between states with sharply different abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. "Louisiana's request is denied," Newsom said in a statement. "My position on this has been clear since 2022: We will not allow extremist politicians from other states to reach into California and try to punish doctors based on allegations that they provided reproductive health care services. Not today. Not ever.""
""It's appalling to see the California Governor and Attorney General openly admitting that they will protect an individual from being held accountable for illegal, medically unethical, and dangerous conduct that led to a woman being coerced into terminating the life of her unborn child," Murrill said in response to California's actions."
California's governor rejected Louisiana's request to extradite a California physician accused of sending abortion medication to a Louisiana patient. The denial frames a legal standoff between Republican-led states with near-total abortion bans and states protecting abortion providers. The criminal indictment alleges the physician prescribed and mailed abortion pills via telemedicine in 2023. Louisiana's attorney general called California officials' actions appalling and said they shielded an individual from accountability for illegal and medically unethical conduct. California officials vowed not to allow out-of-state politicians to punish providers for reproductive health care services following the Supreme Court's 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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