An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has taken another step to protect doctors who prescribe abortion medications. Monday's announcement came just days after a New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online.