New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Monday 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 pregnant minor in Louisiana.

The case opens a new front in the battle between states that ban abortion and states that support providing abortion anywhere in the country.

A physician in New York has been charged with providing abortion pills across state lines to a Louisiana resident. | A state grand jury indicted the physician, Margaret Carpenter, M.D., as well as her practice last week.