(Houston) Texas, where abortion is prohibited except for rare “medical exceptions”, announced Friday that it had initiated proceedings against a New York doctor for having prescribed and sent abortion pills to a patient in this southern state. UNITED STATES.
Published yesterday at 5:18 p.m.
These proceedings launched Thursday before the Texas courts by its Attorney General, Ken Paxton, risk triggering a conflict of jurisdiction with the State of New York, which adopted laws protecting the acts accused of the Dre Margaret Daley Carpenter.
This New York doctor, founder of the Telemedicine Abortion Coalition, “illegally provided abortion medications” to a patient in Texas, the state attorney said in a statement.
These drugs “ended the life of an unborn child and caused severe complications for the mother, who had to undergo medical intervention,” he adds.
“The Dre Carpenter knowingly treated Texas residents even though she does not have a medical license in Texas and is not authorized to practice telemedicine there,” denounces Mr. Paxton, who asks the courts to prohibit her from doing so and to order her to do so. fined $100,000 for each violation of the law.
The patient, aged 20, received the medication in May via the Dre Carpenter and had to be hospitalized in July because of bleeding, according to the text of the complaint.
“In the face of attacks from other states against those who provide or obtain abortions, New York is proud to be a sanctuary for access to abortion,” his New York State counterpart responded in a statement. , Letitia James.
“We will always protect our health care providers from unfair attempts to punish them for doing their jobs and will never give in to intimidation or threats,” the Attorney General assured.
By its historic judgment of June 2022 annulling the federal guarantee of the right to abortion, the American Supreme Court with a conservative majority gave states full latitude to legislate in this area. Since then, around twenty have banned terminations of pregnancies, whether by medication or surgery, or have strictly regulated them.
Texas prohibits any voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion), including in cases of incest or rape. The only exceptions: in the event of danger of death or risk of serious disability for the mother.
Conversely, around twenty other states, including New York, have enacted laws protecting practitioners providing abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is prohibited.
