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A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there.
Margaret Carpenter and her practice, Nightingale Medical, were charged with criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducting drugs, a felony, according to an indictment provided by the West Baton Rouge District Attorney's office. The minor's mother was also charged.
The case appeared to be the first time a state has brought criminal charges against a doctor in another state for prescribing abortion drugs across state lines. It will likely be an early test of the power of states that criminalize abortion to prosecute providers outside their borders, and the ability of states that support abortion rights to shield providers from such prosecutions. Carpenter was also sued civilly by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last month.