Posted on 02/14/2025 1:34:34 AM PST by Morgana
A Texas judge has ordered New York based abortionist Margaret Carpenter stop illegally prescribing and mailing abortion pills to people in Texas and to pay a $100,000 fine,
As LifeNews reported, Carpenter faces a lawsuit from the state of Texas for selling abortion pills there in violation of state law. The judge’s ruling today came in response to that lawsuit.
The ruling by Judge Bryan Gantt, who was appointed to the 471st District Court by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in September, is a default ruling that permanently enjoins Carpenter from “prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents,” according to the order. Texas had argued in its amended complaint that the “defendant by her non-answer has admitted all of the plaintiffs’ allegations of fact establishing liability.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated the lawsuit, alleging that Carpenter violated Texas law by sending abortion pills to a Texas resident without holding a medical license in the state
Also, Carpenter has been indicted for illegally selling abortion pills to people in the pro-life state of Louisiana, where babies are legally protected from abortions. The indictment came after officials learned that a minor girl was gvien the abortion pills that Margaret Carpenter and her company Nightingale Medical sold to the teen’s mom.
The mother of the minor, who according to reports coerced the minor to take the abortion pills, has also been indicted. The District Attorney of West Baton Rouge Parish, Tony Clayton, told The Advocate that the girl did not want the abortion and had a reveal party planned for her baby.
When the teenager took the abortion drug she experienced a medical emergency and had to be taken to the hospital. The baby ultimately died.
In a new video, Landry talked about the importance of the case and the pursuit of justice.
“A minor in Louisiana got pregnant. She was excited to have a baby and was planning a gender reveal party,” he posted on X. “Her mom conspired with a NY doctor to get a chemical abortion pill in the mail and coerced her to take it. She ended up in the hospital.”
“There is only one right answer in this situation: the doctor must face extradition to Louisiana where justice will be served. We owe this to the minor and the innocent life lost,” he added.
”It is illegal to send abortion pills into this State and it’s illegal to coerce another into having an abortion. I have said it before and I will say it again: We will hold individuals accountable for breaking the law,” said Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.
The Communications Director for Louisiana Right to Life Sarah Zagorski, told LifeNews: “Louisiana Right to Life is deeply grieved by the harm Dr. Carpenter’s actions caused in this young girl’s life and the death of her unborn baby. It appears evident that the courageous minor had every intent of raising her baby as she had a reveal party planned. Now, instead of celebrating birthdays with her child, she’s left with the grief from the death of her baby and the continued reminder of the abuse she experienced throughout the inevitably upcoming court process.”
The New York based physician, Dr. Carpenter either did not know, or did not care, that the pills she was prescribing would be utilized to harm a minor and then end the life of her unborn baby against her will. As common in the online abortion industry, it is reported that Dr. Carpenter required no medical examination or even an interview with the young pregnant woman before prescribing the drugs. The physician should be held accountable for her reckless disregard of her purported patient’s safety. Furthermore, Dr. Carpenter is not licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana.
Louisiana Right to Life applauds DA Clayton for taking initiative to protect Louisiana women and babies from the devastating effects of coerced abortion and the abortion industry.
Erik Baptist, an attorney who is the Director of the Center for Life with Alliance Defending Freedom, told LifeNews.com he supports the indictment against Carpenter.
“Louisiana has the right and the duty to protect its citizens from high-risk abortion drugs. Every abortion kills the baby and harms the mother, and the FDA’s own label says that roughly one in 25 women and girls taking abortion drugs will end up in the emergency room. If the FDA continues to recklessly disregard the serious risks that abortion drugs pose to pregnant women and girls, states are left with no choice but to step in and ensure that no one else is harmed by these drugs,” he said.
Isn’t doing this now a Federal Mail Fraud issue? Sounds like a case for Ms Bondi eh?
It is in violation of the Comstock Act
Ok but seems like using the mail to break the law is a federal issue. Who is Comstock? I ain’t a lawyer and didn’t sleep at a Holiday Inn last night. So you lost me.
Forgot to say, Feds can make it illegal to mail or ship abortion pills.
They already have this restriction with cigarettes.
If they can restrict these pills, or tobacco, they can deny citizens access to anything.
Seems like an unnecessary intrusion into peoples lives.
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