Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck’s rejection of a ruling against Margaret Carpenter, who mailed abortion pills, will likely force a challenge to the shield law.

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 New York county clerk refused to process a $113,000 fine against a New York doctor found guilty of prescribing abortion-inducing medications in Texas.