New York Governor Kathy Hochul has refused to extradite Dr. Margaret Carpenter, a doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pills online to a resident of that state. Hochul stated she would not sign any extradition order for Carpenter, citing New York's shield laws that protect abortion providers who prescribe medication in states where abortion is outlawed. Louisiana officials argue that Carpenter should face trial in their state for allegedly violating their near-total abortion ban.
“I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request to extradite a doctor who was charged with prescribing abortion pills online to a Louisiana resident last month.
"I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Hochul said at a news conference Thursday after her office received the order for the abortion provider, Dr. Margaret Carpenter.“There’s only one right answer in this situation, and it is that this doctor must face extradition to Louisiana, where she can stand trial and justice will be served,” Landry said in a video statement Thursday.
, Nightingale Medical, and the Louisiana mother who ordered the pills online for her child, a pregnant minor. All three were charged with criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs, a felony.The case is the first known criminal indictment of a doctor’s being charged with sending abortion pills across state lines after .
West Baton Rouge District Attorney Tony Clayton previously told NBC News that “if the same thing happens again, I’m going to prosecute again. I hope this is going to have a chilling effect on and anyone else to stop sending the pills to my state.", Louisiana's near-total abortion ban, which does not allow exceptions for rape or incest, went into effect.
“Louisiana has changed their laws, but that has no bearing on the laws here in the state of New York. Doctors take an oath to protect their patients. I took an oath of office to protect all New Yorkers, and I will uphold not only our constitution, but also the laws of our land,” Hochul said.After Carpenter was indicted, Hochul signed another piece of legislation allowing abortion providers to use the names of their practices instead of their own names on prescription labels.
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