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.

A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country.

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.