A new bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul seeks to strengthen New York’s shield law that protects abortion providers from out-of-state prosecution.

Legislation S.4587/A.5285 enhances New York’s existing shield law by allowing medical providers to list only the dispensing health care practice’s address on prescription labels instead of their own name.

“New York state is standing up to anti-choice zealots who threaten the sanctity of women’s health care and the medical professionals who provide it,” Gov. Hochul said. “My message to anyone who attacks our civil liberties is simple — not here, not now, not ever.”

It also states that pharmacies comply with a prescriber’s request to remove their name from prescriptions.

“I applaud Gov. Hochul and my colleagues in the Legislature for enacting my bill to swiftly strengthen our state’s shield law for abortion telemedicine services," Assemblymember Karines Reyes, who co-sponsored the bill, said. "We must ensure that New York’s medical professionals, especially in smaller practices, are able to remove personal addresses from the prescription bottles that are given to women seeking reproductive and abortion care. This will allow all parties to focus on care for women and pregnant persons, and discourage violations of patient and provider privacy.”