Doctor who prescribed abortion pill won't be extradited to Louisiana as NY Gov Hochul refuses request

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul connected Thursday rejected Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's question to extradite the New York doc who allegedly prescribed and mailed an termination pill to a Louisiana mother. 

"The politician of Louisiana sent an extradition petition demanding New York crook implicit a doc who provided reproductive healthcare. New York is rejecting that request," Hochul said.

Murrill announced connected Wednesday she had filed a question to extradite Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who was indicted by a Louisiana expansive assemblage past period for knowingly providing a large pistillate successful Louisiana with an termination drug. 

"We volition instrumentality immoderate and each ineligible actions to enforce the transgression laws of this State," Murrill said. 

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, right, has vowed to impede Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's question to extradite the New York doc indicted for prescribing an termination measure to a Louisiana resident. (AP | Getty)

"We person sent retired a instrumentality enforcement announcement that definite out-of-state warrants are not enforceable successful the authorities of New York," Hochul replied Thursday. "So anyone who perchance pulls implicit an idiosyncratic oregon is progressive successful a concern for a doc who is protected nether our laws is told, ‘You are not to cooperate and enforce this extradition.’ So I privation to beryllium wide that we person taken each the steps we tin to support this doctor."

Since the indictment, Hochul has said she would not comply with extradition and signed a instrumentality allowing doctors to petition their names beryllium omitted from termination pill prescriptions.

"I volition never, nether immoderate circumstances, crook this doc implicit to the state of Louisiana nether immoderate extradition request," Hochul said.

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Murill said Hochul does not person the authorization to defy extradition. 

"New York officials, including the governor, are not astatine liberty to disregard interstate compacts and laws regarding extradition. As to the caller law, a doc prescribing these drugs and delivering them successful our authorities is committing a crime. Masking their individuality connected a medicine vessel volition not support them," Murrill said.

Murill warned Carpenter to beryllium cautious with her question plans with a warrant retired for her arrest. 

"There's an apprehension warrant successful the NCIC system. The doc could beryllium arrested successful different places. If New York won't cooperate, determination are different states that will," Murill said. 

Attorney General of Louisiana Liz Murrill speaks during a property league successful New Orleans connected Jan. 1, 2025. (Attorney General of Louisiana Liz Murrill)

After the indictment, Hochul doubled down connected her committedness to protecting reproductive entree successful New York from "anti-abortion politicians."

"We ever knew that overturning Roe v. Wade wasn’t the extremity of the roadworthy for anti-abortion politicians. That’s wherefore I worked with the legislature to walk nation-leading laws to support providers and patients. It’s much captious than ever for states to measurement up and support reproductive freedom, and I’ll ne'er backmost down from this fight," Hochul said.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during the Democratic National Convention successful Chicago connected Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The lawsuit represents the archetypal known transgression indictment of a doc charged with prescribing termination medicine crossed authorities lines.

Louisiana has 1 of the astir restrictive termination laws successful the country. Abortion has been amerciable successful Louisiana since Roe v. Wade was overturned successful 2022. The lone exceptions are for non-viable pregnancies and the beingness of the mother.

New York has moved successful the other absorption since the Dobbs decision. The bluish authorities enshrined termination entree into its constitution this twelvemonth nether Hochul's leadership.

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"Louisiana has changed their laws, but that has nary bearing connected the laws present successful the authorities of New York. Doctors instrumentality an oath to support their patients. I took an oath of bureau to support each New Yorkers, and I volition uphold not lone our constitution but besides the laws of our land. And I volition not beryllium signing an extradition bid that came from the politician of Louisiana, not now, not ever," Hochul said Thursday.