New York doctor indicted for allegedly prescribing abortion pill to patient via telemedicine in Louisiana

A pistillate New York doc volition beryllium prosecuted for allegedly prescribing termination medicine via telemedicine in Louisiana.

Dr. Margaret Carpenter was indicted successful Louisiana Friday aft allegedly utilizing telemedicine to prescribe abortion medication to a patient. 

Carpenter, her institution and an subordinate were charged with felony transgression termination by means of abortion-inducing drugs, according to The Associated Press.

Mifepristone and Misoprostol pills (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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It is not the archetypal clip Carpenter faced accusations of unlawful abortions.

Texas filed a lawsuit against her successful December, claiming she sent termination pills to the state, the AP reported. She was not charged.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a connection aft a expansive assemblage astatine the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge successful Louisiana made the decision, showing enactment for the doc and calling the enactment "providing basal wellness care."

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during the Democratic National Convention successful August successful Chicago.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

"We ever knew that overturning Roe v. Wade wasn’t the extremity of the roadworthy for anti-abortion politicians," Hochul wrote. "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 state — and I’ll ne'er backmost down from this fight."

New York Attorney General Letitia James besides released a connection aft the indictment, echoing the thought that termination attraction should beryllium considered healthcare.

James called the criminalization of termination attraction a "direct and brazen onslaught connected Americans’ bodily autonomy and their close to reproductive freedom."

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"This cowardly effort retired of Louisiana to weaponize the instrumentality against out-of-state providers is unjust and un-American," James wrote successful the statement. "We volition not let atrocious actors to undermine our providers’ quality to present captious care. Medication termination is safe, effective, and necessary, and New York volition guarantee that it remains disposable to each Americans who request it."

Louisiana prohibits the usage of telemedicine to supply medicine for abortions.

Kristi Noem, precocious sworn successful arsenic Department of Homeland Security secretary, has historically warned against telemedicine abortions, citing concerns implicit informed decisions.

Kristi Noem, erstwhile politician of South Dakota and the nominee for caput of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation proceeding successful Washington, D.C., Jan. 17.  (Getty Images)

"For years and years, we've heard liberals speech astir this determination connected termination being betwixt a pistillate and her doctor," Noem said successful 2021, portion serving arsenic politician of South Dakota. "Now they're changing their implicit statement to present this tin beryllium a determination betwixt a pistillate and virtually immoderate alien implicit the telephone – that she doesn't adjacent person to beryllium it's a doc … oregon an informed decision."

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Louisiana imposes much restrictions connected termination providers than astir immoderate different state, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.

This appears to beryllium the archetypal clip since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade successful 2022 that a doc was charged criminally for sending termination pills to different state, according to the AP.