By james art 
The Big Jury in the Baton Rouge area charged a New York doctor and Louisiana’s mother on Friday on charges of supposedly providing insurance illegal abortion with medicines obtained through the mail.
This is the first criminal case in the country after the US Supreme Court has canceled Roe v. Wade In 2022, which sparked a strict ban on Louisiana’s abortions.
Dr. Margaret Carpenter, her company, Nightingale Medical and the mother of the minor in question, were all charged with the 18th Judicial District Court. Thehe Lighting does not identify the mother to protect the identity of the minor. The news was first reported by Wafb-tvS
District prosecutor Tony Clayton said the mother was remained in prison in West Baton Rouge’s parish prison. She had published Bond Friday night. The size of her bond was not immediately available.
Prosecutors claim that the mother ordered abortion medicines from Carpenter, who sent her to her by mail and the mother gave her pregnant child.
“A minor child was only at home, she felt she had to take the pill because of what her mother told her,” Clayton said in an interview with Talk LouisianaS
In an interview with LightingClayton said he would try personally in this case, along with Louisiana Prosecutor General Liz Muriel. Their accusation includes a law Approved in 2022 when the then state senator Sharon Hughit, a Republican of Sliced, was the author of the proposal that makes a crime for Consciously causes abortion through medication.
The pregnant person cannot be charged with a crime under this law and Clayton said he would not pursue the minor in this case.
Violation of the law is sentenced to one to five years in prison and a fine of $ 5,000 to $ 50,000. The same measure also made illegal obtaining such drugs through the mail outside the state.
Murill weighed the indictments through social media Friday.
“It is illegal to send abortion pills to this country and it is illegal to force another to have an abortion, “she said. “I said it before and I will say it again: we will keep people responsible for breaching the law.”
The “forced abortion” crime has not been cited in the indictment, but the law including this crime is what led to Louisiana to become First state to reclassify Mifepriston and Misoprostol as controlled hazardous substances. The designation is usually used as highly addictive drugs. Mifepristone and Misoprostol do not addict and both have numerous applications outside abortion and are on the World Health Organization list of major medicines.
In his interview with Talk Louisiana., Clayton pointed to medicines as “poison”, comparing them to fentanyl and said that doctors could not “hide behind the borders of New York” to send the medicines to Louisiana. [Mifepristone and misoprostol are not related to fentanyl.]
“To put a pill in the trade that ultimately [goes] In the mouth and stomach of a child, I believe that some people should respond to this, “said Clayton. “If it’s legal in New York, continue it there. Don’t do it here. “
New York has shielding laws designed to protect telephone suppliers.
Carpenter is also tried by Texas General Prosecutor Ken Paxon for being claimed to have sent pills to the country, but the accusations are not criminal.
Carpenter is one of the founders of the Telemedicin abortion coalition (ACT). In a statement to LightingACT said it was behind Shield laws in New York.
“The case of Louisiana against a licensed doctor in New York is the last in a series of threats that threaten women’s access to reproductive health throughout the country,” the statement said. “Don’t be fooled as Roe v. Wade He was overturned, witnessing a disturbing model of intervention in women’s rights. It is no secret that the United States has a history of violence and harassment against abortion suppliers and these state -sponsored efforts to pursue a doctor providing safe and effective care must alert everyone. “
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This is a developing story. It was most recently updated on 20:34 Friday.