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The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a patient in another state.

Some Republican lawmakers said they’ll back the Louisiana attorney general in whatever she chooses to do over an abortion case.

Louisiana’s attorney general is seeking to extradite a New York doctor who prescribed and sent abortion medication through the mail to a resident of the Pelican State, escalating a legal

New York enacted its telehealth abortion shield law in 2023, one year after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The law bans local law enforcement from sharing information with other states and prohibits the governor from agreeing to hand over doctors who are accused of breaking other states’ abortion laws.

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That same day, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s request to extradite Carpenter, who is facing felony charges for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a ...