Baton Rouge, La
The reading of women’s charges is part of a crossed legal battle that implies what may be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortive pills to another state, putting the prohibition of almost total Louisian abortion in tension with the laws of New York shield.
In January, a large jury of West Baton Rouge unanimously issued an accusation against 39 -year -old Louisiana woman for criminal abortion through abortions inductive drugs, which is a serious crime. The woman has not been publicly identified by Associated Press to protect the identity of the child.
The accusation in Louisiana occurred months after the State became the first to reclassify the mifristone and misoprostol, a regime of two drugs that can be used to finish pregnancies during the tenth week, such as “controlled dangerous substances.”
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says that there are decades of evidence that Mifepristone and misoprostol are safe and effective.
The pills have become the most common method of abortion in the US. And are in the center of political and legal fights on access to abortion after ROE revocation. These recipes, made online and telephone, are a key reason why the number of abortions has increased in the United States since state prohibitions began to enter into force.
According to District prosecutor Tonyton, last year, the woman requested online abortion medications from Dr. Margaret Carpenter, based in New York, for her daughter. Clayton said the request was made only through a questionnaire and without consultation with the adolescent.
A “pills cocktail” was sent to the woman who directed her daughter to take them, Clayton said.
After taking the medicine, the girl experienced a medical emergency, called 911 and was transported to the hospital where she was treated. While responding to the emergency, a police officer learned about the pills and under later investigation discovered that a doctor outside the state had supplied drugs and delivered his findings to Clayton’s office.
The jury of Baton Rouge also accused Carpenter, who faces the same position as a serious crime as Louisiana’s wife. The accusation triggered the governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, to send a formal extradition order to the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul.
According to Louisiana’s law, doctors convicted of carrying out an illegal abortion, including one with pills, face up to 15 years in prison, $ 200,000 in fines and the loss of their medical license.
Landry demanded that the carpenter be delivered to Louisiana and face the state justice system. Hochul refused, saying that he would not sign the order: “Not ever, ever.”
Meanwhile, the District Judge of the State of Texas, Bryan Gantt, ordered Carpenter to pay a fine of $ 100,000, as well as lawyer fees for allegedly violating a Texas Law by prescribing medications for abortion through telemedicine.
