DoomsdaysCW<p>New York doctor indicted for prescribing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbortionPill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionPill</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a></p><p>By SARA CLINE and GEOFF MULVIHILL<br>Updated 2:53 PM EST, January 31, 2025</p><p>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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSouth</span></a> state, which has one of the strictest near-total <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbortionBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionBans</span></a> in the country.</p><p>"Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge issued an indictment against Dr. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MargaretCarpenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MargaretCarpenter</span></a>; her company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NightingaleMedical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NightingaleMedical</span></a>, PC; and a third person. All three were charged with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalAbortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalAbortion</span></a> by means of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>-inducing drugs, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a>.</p><p>"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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> in 2022 and opened the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/abortion-in</span><span class="invisible">dictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProBirth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiabortionLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiabortionLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiAbortionLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiAbortionLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandmaidsTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandmaidsTale</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WelcomeToGilead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelcomeToGilead</span></a></p>