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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed a measure Monday aimed astatine shielding the identities of doctors who prescribe termination drugs aft a New York doc was indicted for prescribing termination pills to a large insignificant successful Louisiana.
The caller law, which is effectual immediately, allows for doctors' names to beryllium omitted from termination pill bottles and alternatively replaced with the sanction of their respective healthcare practices.
This comes aft a expansive assemblage successful West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, indicted New York doc Margaret Carpenter, her institution and an subordinate connected Friday for allegedly utilizing telemedicine to prescribe termination pills to a girl.
Hochul said she would not motion an extradition petition to nonstop Carpenter to Louisiana.
Authorities successful Louisiana learned the sanction of the doc due to the fact that it was listed connected the medicine label.
"After today, that volition nary longer happen," Hochul said astatine the measure signing.
The lawsuit appears to beryllium the archetypal clip a doc has been charged for allegedly sending termination pills to a diligent successful different authorities since Roe v. Wade was overturned successful 2022 by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Louisiana prosecutors said the miss experienced a aesculapian exigency aft taking the medicine and was transported to a hospital. The girl's parent was besides charged and turned herself successful to constabulary connected Friday.
It is unclear however acold on the miss was successful her pregnancy.
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District Attorney Tony Clayton, who is prosecuting the Louisiana case, said the apprehension warrant for Carpenter is "nationwide" and that she could beryllium arrested successful GOP-led states with abortion restrictions.
Physicians successful Louisiana, which has a near-total termination ban, could look up to 15 years successful prison, $200,000 successful fines and the nonaccomplishment of their aesculapian licence if they are convicted of performing abortions, including via medication.
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Hochul said she would propulsion for another portion of legislation this twelvemonth requiring pharmacists to travel doctors' requests to permission their sanction disconnected a medicine label.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a suit against Carpenter successful December implicit allegations she sent termination pills to a pistillate successful the Lone Star State, though transgression charges were not brought successful that case.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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