The case against Dr. Margaret Carpenter appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of ...

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A legal battle between Louisiana and New York will likely make its way to the Supreme Court and could force President Trump ...

A Texas judge on February 13 fined Carpenter $100,000 for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas. That same day, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry ...

New York’s shield law was designed to protect providers mailing medication abortion pills out of state. But a New York ...

By Pam Belluck Benjamin Oreskes and Emily Cochrane Louisiana officials seeking to prosecute a New York doctor who sent abortion medication to a resident of that state were thrown a roadblock on ...

The signing comes days after a Louisiana jury indicted New York-based Dr. Margaret Carpenter for allegedly mailing abortion pills to a Louisiana teen and her mother; Carpenter is charged with ...

(CNN) — Dr. Margaret Carpenter, or “Dr. Maggie” as her friends and patients affectionately call her, has always been the brave one, says Dr. Ingrid Frengle-Burke, her best friend and former ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in the state.