A Louisiana grand jury has indicted Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, of Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine in New York, and her company for unlawfully mailing abortion drugs to Louisiana residents. Carpenter reportedly sent drugs to a mother who ordered them online and coerced her minor daughter into taking them against her will. The drugs ended the life of her unborn child and sent the girl to the hospital. Carpenter is also being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the case of a woman who suffered hemorrhaging.
Attorney General Liz Murrill said on X:
“It is illegal to send abortion pills into this State and it’s illegal to coerce another into having an abortion. I have said it before and I will say it again: We will hold individuals accountable for breaking the law.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul also took to X to defend the abortion business and call the drugs that have become the most common method in the U.S. to end the life of an unborn child “a life-saving medication.”
SBA Pro-Life America Director of Legal Affairs Katie Daniel commended authorities in Louisiana for pursuing justice for women and girls harmed by abortion drugs:
“This case exposes how mail-order abortion drugs are fueling an epidemic of coercion, a new form of domestic violence against mothers and their babies. Women who never wanted an abortion to begin with are being assaulted and ending up in the emergency room. This is precisely why Louisiana enacted its law making abortion drug coercion a crime and strengthening safeguards on abortion drugs by making them controlled substances that require a prescription. But in blue states, pro-abortion politicians are doing the polar opposite, shielding abortionists who – as the local district attorney noted – profit from a faceless process requiring nothing more than an online questionnaire. This cannot remotely be considered health care. We thank attorneys general like Liz Murrill and Ken Paxton for standing with women and children. Every pro-life state should do likewise.”
A recent Marist/Knights of Columbus nationwide poll found 63% of Americans, including 62% of women, agree an in-person visit to a medical professional should be required before abortion drugs can be given out.
