Posted on 02/17/2025 4:52:01 AM PST by Morgana
A Texas judge has ordered New York abortionist Margaret Carpenter to stop shipping abortion pills into the state, while also issuing her a fine of over $100,000.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Carpenter in December, after she mailed a Texas woman the chemical abortion drugs in violation of state law. The woman suffered serious complications after taking the pills, and required emergency care. Carpenter is the same abortionist who was later indicted in Louisiana for mailing the abortion pill to a teen in that state; that teen, too, was injured and required emergency treatment.
Due to the December lawsuit, Carpenter was to appear before Collin County District Judge Bryan Gantt for a February 12 hearing. As expected, she did not comply. Gantt ruled the next day that Carpenter had violated state law by practicing in the state without a license and by facilitating an abortion, and “that an unborn child died as a result of these violations.” He issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Carpenter from prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents, and ordered her to pay the $100,000 fine as well as $13,000 in attorneys’ fees and court costs plus interest.
“In Texas, we will always protect innocent life and uphold the laws that protect mothers and unborn babies,” Paxton previously said. “Radical out-of-state doctors will not be allowed to peddle dangerous and illegal drugs in Texas to kill unborn babies. Any doctor attempting to do so will be punished to the full extent of the law.”
While Carpenter is facing legal ramifications in states like Texas and Louisiana, officials in her own state of New York have vowed to protect her. The state’s “shield law” was designed specifically for the situations which Carpenter is now facing, and is intended to protect abortionists who violate pro-life laws in other states, even if women are injured at the hands of these abortionists. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has promised to “fight like hell” to protect Carpenter and those like her.
According to the New York Times, Texas may file a petition in a New York state court to try to collect Carpenter’s financial penalty, assuming Carpenter does not pay the fines. New York would likely argue against that penalty with its shield law, which could propel the case to the United States Supreme Court.
Sounds like Texas has the right to impose the fine—but no way to enforce it.
Well you know what? Hit them where it hurts, their money supply. Every time they do that fine them.
IMO A physician cannot practice medicine without a state license. Carpenter is not licensed in Texas or Louisiana
>>Well you know what? Hit them where it hurts, their money supply. Every time they do that fine them.
Violations of the Comstock Act normally carry jail time. 5 years for the first offense, 10 years for each subsequent one.
Oh I know and she should and hopefully will go to jail...that will be the next story I post about.
——Comstock Act-——
??? Is that a federal law requiring some kind of reciprocity?
I hope I’m wrong but I’ll wager that this will be overturned in Federal court.
I wonder if this would jack up his credit. He would have to list the unpaid judgment as a liability.
And he’s not a licensed pharmacist either.
Our TN pharmacists can’t mail ivermectin out of state, either.
If the doctor does business with any bank that also does business in Texas, the judgement can be enforced.
Then a warrant for her arrest will be issued. States cannot block extradition to other states.
While the U.S. Constitution generally requires states to extradite fugitives, states can deny extradition requests under specific circumstances, such as if the documents from the demanding state are not in order, the person is not charged with a crime, or if the person is not a fugitive.
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Hochul claims she will block the extradition. Good luck with that.
She is a purely evil woman.
Can't shield her from Article IV, of the US Constitution. If a Texas Judge enters a ruling against her, New York has to either pay the fine themselves, or the woman is still on the hook for the money.
Can't make a law that violates constitutional law, so New York's "shield" law won't shield anybody.
Prosecute her under federal law as it is illegal to mail those pills in the mail...
Never forget that seven lawyers, 52 years ago caused this social and legal turmoil . . . and some 60 million fewer Americans.
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