A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in a state with one of the strictest abortion bans.

The case is one of the first direct challenges to shield laws enacted in blue states that protect providers who prescribe abortion pills to out-of-state patients.

A Port Allen grand jury on Friday indicted a New York doctor after she filled an online prescription request for for an abortion pill. A warrant has been issued for the doctor's arrest, the district attorney said.