Texas has not banned abortion pills entirely, and the Supreme Court has previously upheld access to those medications when parties have sued the Food and Drug Administration. A ban stalled in the Texas House earlier this year.

Ken Paxton is seeking a writ of mandamus that would compel Taylor Bruck to file a Texas judgment in state court.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday asked a court to make a New York county enforce a $100,000 judgment against a doctor for sending abortion pills to Texas, taking an unprecedented interstate conflict to court.