But acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck refused to file the judgment against Carpenter, citing New York state’s shield laws. The laws are designed to protect New York physicians who provide abortion services, as well as women coming to New York from other states to get an abortion.

A local official in New York on Thursday rejected Texas' effort to enforce a $100,000 judgment against a New York doctor accused of sending abortion pills to the state, escalating an unprecedented interstate conflict.

On Thursday, citing New York’s shield law, the acting clerk of Ulster County in Kingston, N.Y., Taylor Bruck, said he would not grant Texas’ motion seeking to enforce the Collin County order. He also refused to allow Texas to file a summons that sought to force Dr. Carpenter to pay the penalty and comply with the Texas ruling.