{"id":2380549,"date":"2024-12-16T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-should-follow-texas-in-suing-abortion-pill-outlaws\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:36:46","slug":"republicans-should-follow-texas-in-suing-abortion-pill-outlaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-should-follow-texas-in-suing-abortion-pill-outlaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Should Follow Texas In Suing Abortion Pill Outlaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-should-follow-texas-in-suing-abortion-pill-outlaws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit against Dr. Margaret Daley\u200c Carpenter, a \u2064New\u2063 York \u2062physician, \u2063for allegedly violating Texas law by prescribing abortion pills to\u2064 a 20-year-old woman via telemedicine. The\u200b woman reportedly experienced life-threatening complications after taking the medication,\u200c which led to\u2064 her hospitalization. \u2064The lawsuit claims that Carpenter acted outside of her \u200dlegal authority, as she is not licensed to practice medicine in Texas and prescribed\u200d the drugs without the legal justifications\u2062 outlined by Texas health regulations, which only allow abortions under specific conditions. The \u200bpetition highlights Carpenter&#8217;s association with pro-abortion organizations that facilitate access to abortion pills in states with restrictive laws.Paxton seeks to prevent \u2062further \u2063violations by\u2062 Carpenter\u200b and has requested notable fines for each infraction. He emphasizes the importance of protecting the health and lives of \u2062mothers and unborn\u2064 children \u2064in Texas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor this week after she prescribed a Lone Star State woman an abortion pill that not only killed her unborn child but sent her to the hospital with life-threatening complications. <\/p>\n<p>In the petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Dr%20Carpenter%20Filed%20Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed on Friday<\/a>, Paxton alleged that Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine Founder and Co-Medical Director Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter violated the Texas Health and Safety Code when she prescribed a 20-year-old pregnant woman in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex abortion drugs by mail after a virtual appointment in May 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Abortion in Texas is <a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/HS\/htm\/HS.170a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal<\/a> except when the mother is at risk of losing her life or suffering &ldquo;substantial impairment of a major bodily function,&rdquo; qualifications that the lawsuit states the pregnant woman did not meet.<\/p>\n<p>It was only with Carpenter, who was no doubt emboldened by the Biden administration&rsquo;s radical expansion of abortion pill dispensing via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/17\/biden-administration-endorses-more-baby-killing-by-green-lighting-mail-order-abortion-pills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mail order<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/05\/selling-abortion-pills-bloodies-the-hands-of-walgreens-and-cvs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pharmacy sale<\/a>, that the nine-week pregnant woman was able to obtain the mifepristone and misoprostol pills without alerting the baby&rsquo;s father. The father learned about the pregnancy and Carpenter&rsquo;s role in ending it when the woman went to the hospital in July 2024 for hemorrhaging caused by the abortion drug.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Carpenter is not a licensed Texas physician, nor is she authorized to practice telemedicine in the State of Texas,&rdquo; the lawsuit notes. Yet the petition states that she &ldquo;knowingly treats patients in Texas.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Since Carpenter has a lengthy resume working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-say-biden-supreme-court-pick-will-be-a-radical-left-activist\/\" title=\"Conservatives Say Biden Supreme Court Pick Will Be a Radical-Left Activist\">radical pro-abortion groups<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/aidaccess.org\/en\/page\/561\/who-are-we\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aid Access<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heyjane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hey Jane<\/a>, both of which boast of sending abortion pills to women in states where they are outlawed, Paxton believes she will harm babies and women in his state again unless stopped by legal force.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unless Carpenter is restrained by this Court, with relief that is enforceable by a contempt order, Carpenter will continue to defiantly violate Texas Law,&rdquo; the request for relief notes, asking the court to fine the New York doctor $100,000 for each violation of Lone Star State law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/18\/media-democrats-blame-pro-lifers-after-the-abortion-pill-they-promote-killed-a-woman-and-her-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corporate media<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/20\/the-abortion-lies-kamala-will-spew-in-atlanta-are-the-ones-that-killed-amber-thurman-and-candi-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> attempt to blame pro-life laws like Texas&rsquo; for the suffering and even death of women&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/20\/amber-thurman-died-from-the-abortion-pill-not-pro-life-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who ingested abortion pills<\/a>. As Paxton&rsquo;s petition makes clear, however, it&rsquo;s conduct like &ldquo;Carpenter&rsquo;s knowing and continuing violations of Texas law&rdquo; that &ldquo;places women and unborn children in Texas at risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In this case, an out-of-state doctor violated the law and caused serious harm to this patient. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">doctor prescribed abortion-inducing drugs &#038;mdash<\/a>; unauthorized, over telemedicine &mdash; causing her patient to end up in the hospital with serious complications,&rdquo; Paxton said in a statement. &ldquo;In Texas, we treasure the health and lives of mothers and babies, and this is why out-of-state doctors may not illegally and dangerously prescribe abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s <em>Dobbs v. Jackson<\/em> decision, abortion activists have done their best to circumvent dozens of pro-life laws aimed at protecting women and children from harm. They  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/why-americans-are-stockpiling-abortion-medication-ahead-of-trumps-second-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;stockpile&rdquo;<\/a> abortion pills to send to women in states where the drug is banned and band with Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/ny-ag-letitia-james-sues-pregnancy-centers-over-life-saving-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">go after<\/a> pregnancy centers that offer abortion pill reversals. <\/p>\n<p>Even President-Elect Donald Trump and his Vice President J.D. Vance have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/top-gopers-surrender-on-abortion-leaves-their-pro-life-voters-women-and-babies-out-to-dry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/12\/trump-abortion-pill-access-commitment-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">  signaled a softness<\/a> towards making harmful abortion pills widely available regardless of pro-life prohibitions. Republicans who are serious about protecting babies and women should instead follow Texas&rsquo; lead in prosecuting the people helping harm those &ldquo;treasured&rdquo; lives.<\/p>\n<p>The mifepristone and misoprostol combination Carpenter sent to the Texas woman is responsible for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/article\/2022\/02\/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than half of the nation&rsquo;s abortions<\/a> despite&nbsp;causing side effects such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prochoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone_triage_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hemorrhage<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/mifepristone-oral-route\/side-effects\/drg-20067123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;fast, weak pulse,&rdquo; &ldquo;shortness of breath,&rdquo; diarrhea, dizziness, headache, vomiting<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/mifepristone-oral-route\/side-effects\/drg-20067123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;pain&rdquo; across the back, arms, neck, and abdomen<\/a>. In some cases, the abortion pills are <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33939340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/26\/supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-fdas-reckless-approval-of-unsafe-mail-order-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rushed to approve the pill<\/a> more than two decades ago under an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-says-fda-wrongfully-approved-abortion-pill\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Says FDA Wrongfully Approved Abortion Pill\">accelerated drug approval authority<\/a> usually reserved for emergencies. Even it, however, admits that nearly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/drugsatfda_docs\/label\/2016\/020687s020lbl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 in 25<\/a>&nbsp;women who ingest the drug will end up in the emergency room or hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/articles\/which-states-ban-the-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">than a dozen states<\/a> have taken large swaths of data indicating the abortion pill is dangerous to heart by outlawing the drug. The next step in their fights to shield women and babies from the consequences of the radical abortion activism threatening even the reddest of areas comes with enforcing those laws, just as Texas is doing. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas AG Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for prescribing an abortion pill that harmed a Texas woman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2380550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36264,7976,8347,3756,3694],"class_list":["post-2380549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion-pill","tag-lawsuits","tag-pro-life","tag-republicans","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380553,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380549\/revisions\/2380553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}