A New York doctor has been indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online.
Dr. Margaret Carpenter and her company, Nightingale Medical, were charged today with criminal abortion 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 since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, opening the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws.
Louisiana has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.
In a statement, Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said she is committed to protecting reproductive freedom and added New York will always be a safe harbor for abortion care.
The New Paltz doctor is also facing an earlier lawsuit from the state of Texas for prescribing abortion medication to a woman there.
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