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Grand Jury Indicts Abortion Physician and Business in West Baton Rouge Abortion Coercion Case 

Baton Rouge, LA. – Today, multiple news outlets have reported that a Louisiana grand jury has indicted a New York abortion physician and her abortion business for selling abortion pills to a minor in Louisiana through the minor’s mother. The mother of the minor, who according to reports coerced the minor to take the abortion pills, has also been indicted.

From a report published in The Advocate, the drugs were prescribed by New York physician Dr. Margaret Carpenter and mailed to her home in April of 2024. The minor experienced a complication from the drugs, called 911, and then was transported to a nearby hospital.

The District Attorney of West Baton Rouge Parish, Tony Clayton, told The Advocate that the girl did not want the abortion and had a reveal party planned for her baby.

The Communications Director for Louisiana Right to Life Sarah Zagorski released the following statement about the case:

Louisiana Right to Life is deeply grieved by the harm Dr. Carpenter’s actions caused in this young girl’s life and the death of her unborn baby. It appears evident that the courageous minor had every intent of raising her baby as she had a reveal party planned. Now, instead of celebrating birthdays with her child, she’s left with the grief from the death of her baby and the continued reminder of the abuse she experienced throughout the inevitably upcoming court process. 

The New York based physician, Dr. Carpenter either did not know, or did not care, that the pills she was prescribing would be utilized to harm a minor and then end the life of her unborn baby against her will. As common in the online abortion industry, it is reported that Dr. Carpenter required no medical examination or even an interview with the young pregnant woman before prescribing the drugs. The physician should be held accountable for her reckless disregard of her purported patient’s safety. Furthermore, Dr. Carpenter is not licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana. 

Louisiana Right to Life applauds DA Clayton for taking initiative to protect Louisiana women and babies from the devastating effects of coerced abortion and the abortion industry.