Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills
In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Collin County, Paxton said that Margaret Daley Carpenter, a New York doctor, provided mifepristone and misoprostol, a pair of abortion-inducing drugs, to a 20-year-old pregnant woman there, which led to a medical abortion.
“Carpenter’s conduct violates the Texas Health and Safety Code’s prohibition on prescribing abortion-inducing drugs via telemedicine,” the lawsuit said.
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Texas sues New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills across state lines
Ziegler said that it is not clear whether New York law would protect Carpenter from having to pay those fines if Paxton prevails.
New York law also enables Carpenter to argue that Paxton’s lawsuit constitutes “unlawful interference with protected rights”, meaning she could potentially file a lawsuit of her own. If Texas or Carpenter win money through a lawsuit but their respective state courts refuse to force them to pay, the litigation could end in front of the US supreme court, Ziegler said.
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Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills
Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, said a challenge to shield laws, which blue states started adopting in 2023, has been anticipated.
And it could have a chilling effect on prescriptions.
“Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws because they don’t know if they’re protected by shield laws?” Ziegler said in an interview Friday.
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