New York doctor indicted for prescribing #AbortionPill in #Louisiana

By SARA CLINE and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Updated 2:53 PM EST, January 31, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the #DeepSouth state, which has one of the strictest near-total #AbortionBans in the country.

"Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge issued an indictment against Dr. #MargaretCarpenter; her company, #NightingaleMedical, PC; and a third person. All three were charged with #CriminalAbortion by means of #abortion-inducing drugs, a #felony.

"The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state, at least since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned #RoeVWade in 2022 and opened the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
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The two landmark cases Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were decided on this day in 1973, protecting the right to have an abortion.

As of today, Roe v. Wade has already been overturned, and the new administration made it very clear that they will continue their war against reproductive rights.

But we keep on fighting. Support an abortion fund today:

https://abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

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Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

Our most-read story of 2024: https://propub.li/3W5ooDd

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Since September, ProPublica has reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care under state #abortion bans: Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi.

Here, our #ReproductiveHealth reporters discuss what they've learned in their investigations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9t65CqMwys

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