Texas sued a New York physician for prescribing a woman abortion pills, according to a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Collin County, Paxton said that Margaret Daley Carpenter, a New York doctor, provided mifepristone and misprostol, a pair of abortion-inducing drugs, to a 20-year-old pregnant woman there, which led to a medical abortion.
"Carpenter's conduct violates the Texas Health and Safety Code’s prohibition on prescribing abortion-inducing drugs via telemedicine," the lawsuit said.
Carpenter is the co-medical director and founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, an advocacy group working to advance telemedicine abortion nationwide, the group's website says.
"Make no mistake: I will do everything in my power to enforce the laws of New York State,” Hochul said in a statement Friday.
Persons:
Ken Paxton, Paxton, Margaret Daley Carpenter, Daley, ” Paxton, Carpenter, Carpenter’s, Kathy Hochul, ” Hochul
Organizations:
Texas, Texas Health, Safety, Abortion Coalition, Telemedicine, New York Gov
Locations:
York, Collin County, New York, Texas, “ In Texas, New York State, . Idaho , Missouri, Kansas