New York doctor is indicted for prescribing abortion pill to teen in Louisiana in first of its kind case

Daily Mail UK ^ | January 31, 2025 | CASSIDY MORRISON

[Morgana]

A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana on criminal abortion charges for allegedly prescribing an abortion-inducing drug to a teen in the state, which has one of the country's strictest abortion bans.

Ten jurors in the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge unanimously voted to charge Margaret Carpenter and her practice, Nightingale Medical located in New Paltz, New York, with a felony. If convicted, Carpenter could face up to 15 years in prison and up to $200,000 in fines.

The Louisiana teenager’s mother was also charged.

‘It is illegal to send abortion pills into this state and it's illegal to coerce another into having an abortion,’ Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement.

She added: ‘We will hold individuals accountable for breaking the law.’

Abortions are banned in Louisiana, including in cases of rape and incest, but except when the mother’s life is at risk.

In New York, though, abortion is legal up to and including 24 weeks of pregnancy. After 24 weeks, you can still get an abortion if your health or pregnancy is at risk.

The criminal case out of Louisiana, the first of its kind, mounts the first major challenge to the Comstock Act, which restricts the mailing of abortion pills, and challenges whether it can be applied to a situation where a doctor in one state prescribes mifepristone to a patient in another state.

It also marks the first test of New York’s shield law, which guarantees that healthcare providers in New York cannot face prosecution or lawsuits for offering abortion services, even if the patient is from a state with stricter abortion laws.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Murder is a state issue, until you cross state lines.

[kiryandil]

Dis goan be great.

[ssfromla]

"The child took the pills alone."

No life matters is a theme.

Why are we not demanding that our children be able to be children without promiscuity and sexualization being pushed on them by adults who have no medical license but are giving medical advice in schools.

The sexual revolution has destroyed the soul of our country and the victims are the children.

If your child is being indoctrinated by a teacher or school administrator into an ideology such as trans or gender then If I were you I would sue them for practicing medicine without a license.

Im positive they get more money for each child they shove into that ideology just as they have done for decades with their ADHD agenda.

[SaveFerris]

[Margaret Carpenter and her practice, Nightingale Medical located in New Paltz, New York]

DM photo of the doctor in the story:



I'm reminded of Democrat Kamala Harris and her 34(?) "abortion doctors" on stage - rallying for votes and promoting death. THIS was where the 2 Christians shouted out "Jesus is Lord!" and then Democrat Kamala Harris mocked them and they were immediately cursed at, booed, mocked further and thrown out of the Democrat Death Rally.

DEMOCRAT Kamala Harris was SELLING WHOLESALE ABORTION
FOR DEMOCRAT VOTES WHEN THIS HAPPENED:

Democrat Kamala Harris was willing to have a few million babies killed so that she could have POWER

[ifinnegan]

“ ‘It is illegal to send abortion pills into this state”

Once again, headline lies.

It was not for prescribing the pills.

[wildcard_redneck]

"Murder is a state issue, until you cross state lines."

The murder pills crossed state lines. Louisiana can prosecute this.

[SeeSharp]

It also marks the first test of New York’s shield law, which guarantees that healthcare providers in New York cannot face prosecution or lawsuits for offering abortion services, even if the patient is from a state with stricter abortion laws.

I doubt that's going to stand up to a constitutional challenge. New York has to honor the official acts of another state and they have to surrender fugitives.

[RainMan]

So NY has a shield law that is supposed to be some get out of jail free card for murdering someone in another state. Can wait to hear the Supremes sing this song!

[thegagline]

The question arises, how did Louisiana find out about the abortion pill shipment?
The doctor is apparently tipping off the state authorities:

“This is not Dr Carpenter’s first legal attack lobbed by a state with harsh abortion restrictions. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Dr Carpenter last year over claims that she violated Texas's abortion law and occupational licensing regulations by practicing medicine in the state without being licensed there.”

[Doctor Congo]

Its a given that Hochul will do what she can to prevent any arrest.
But will LA state police sneak into NY and grab this doctor?

Stock up on popcorn.

[deport]

But will LA state police sneak into NY and grab this doctor?

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Not likely. Now if they could induce the doctor down and
across state lines is another situation.

[deport]

But will LA state police sneak into NY and grab this doctor?

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Not likely. Now if they could induce the doctor down and
accross state lines is another situation.

[T.B. Yoits]

New York Governor Hochul is setting clear precedent that what is illegal in another state is irrelevant to New York law. She has just removed any argument the State of New York could make against anyone shipping firearms, gun magazines, alcohol, or tobacco to residents of the State of New York.

...and as for murdering someone across state lines using the U.S. Mail to send abortifacients, that's no different than someone sending a murder weapon through the mail, fully knowing the person on the other end intends to commit murder with it. For that, Margaret Carpenter is going to prison in Louisiana, or New York State loses all sovereign control at the hand of Hochul the Fool.