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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-01-31 · 22:19 UTC

New York doctor indicted for prescribing #AbortionPill in #Louisiana

By SARA CLINE and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Updated 2:53 PM EST, January 31, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the #DeepSouth state, which has one of the strictest near-total #AbortionBans in the country.

"Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge issued an indictment against Dr. #MargaretCarpenter; her company, #NightingaleMedical, PC; and a third person. All three were charged with #CriminalAbortion by means of #abortion-inducing drugs, a #felony.

"The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state, at least since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned #RoeVWade in 2022 and opened the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws."

#abortionpill #louisiana #deepsouth #abortionbans #margaretcarpenter #nightingalemedical

Nonilex @[email protected] · 2024-09-16 · 17:09 UTC

Cmtes like the one in #Georgia, set up in each state, often operate w/a 2-yr lag behind the cases they examine, meaning that experts are only now beginning to delve into #deaths that took place after #SCOTUS overturned the federal right to #abortion.

#AmberThurman’s case marks the first time an abortion-related #death, officially deemed “#preventable,” is coming to public light. ProPublica will share the story of the second in the coming days.

#AbortionBans #law #AbortionIsHealthcare #Health