Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke out after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online.

Emergency officials responded to the Huey P. Long bridge after one person was killed in a crash. On Thursday, Feb. 13, Governor Jeff Landry signed and sent an extradition request to the New York governor for the doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills online to the mother of a pregnant minor in West Baton Rouge.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are hurling insults at each other over abortion case and extradition order.

Jeff Landry signed a bill last year that classified abortion medications as controlled substances. (Gage Skidmore via Flickr) Catherine Herring, the wife of a Houston attorney, was pregnant with their third child when she became ill and went to the emergency room.

Kathy Hochul held a short press conference Thursday afternoon. She explained why New York would not honor an extradition order from Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox!

New York Governor Kathy Hochul informed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry that under no circumstance would she comply with his request to extradite an abortionist charged with prescribing […]

Jeff Landry recently asked Kathy Hochul to extradite a doctor who was charged for providing abortion medication to a patient from his state. She refused.

The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a patient in another state.

In his video statement, the governor said, "Yesterday, I signed off on an extradition form, and a warrant was sent to New York at the request of Attorney General Liz Murrill and District Attorney Tony Clayton.

Jeff Landry signed a bill last year that classified abortion medications as controlled substances. (Gage Skidmore via Flickr) Catherine Herring, the wife of a Houston attorney, was pregnant with their third child when she became ill and went to the emergency room.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are hurling insults at each other over abortion case and extradition order.

Shortly after receiving an extradition request Thursday from Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, New York's governor flatly rejected it, saying "not now, not ever," will she send a family doctor to this state to face criminal charges for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online for a Port Allen teenager.