New York enacted a law on Monday intended to protect the state's doctors from prosecution by other states that have banned abortions when they prescribe and mail out abortion pills.

The law, which lets doctors use the name of their medical practices instead of their own when prescribing abortion pills, is the latest addition to shield laws in New York that protect doctors who provide abortion medication to patients in states with strict abortion bans.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Monday to shield the identities of physicians who prescribe abortion medication after Louisiana authorities a New York doctor

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a doctor in the state was indicted for sending abortion pills to a pregn

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill meant to protect medical practitioners in New York who prescribe and send abortion pills out of state.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana.