New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is intervening in a Texas lawsuit filed against a New York county clerk that is expected to serve as the first constitutional test of telemedicine abortion shield laws.

“I am stepping in to defend the integrity of our courts against this blatant overreach,” James said in a statement. “Texas has no authority in New York, and no power to impose its cruel abortion ban here.”

In July, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued Taylor Bruck, acting clerk for Ulster County, N.Y., over his repeated refusal to file a summary judgment and court summons for a New York doctor who allegedly sent abortion medication to a woman in the Lone Star State last year.

Bruck cited New York’s telemedicine abortion shield law both times he refused to enforce the Texas lawsuit.

"There’s not much I can say given the ongoing litigation, but I will say that I’m proud to live in a state like New York that had the foresight to pass the Shield Law, and I’m deeply appreciative of Attorney General Tish James stepping in to help in this case," Bruck said in a statement to The Hill on Monday.

James filed

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