New York abortionist Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter has been fined $100,000 and is permanently banned from prescribing and shipping abortion drugs to Texas residents.
This case could open the door for Texas to take further legal action against one of the largest organizations in the illegal abortion cartel: Aid Access.
Carpenter works with Aid Access, a website that unlawfully sent 19,000 abortion pills straight to pregnant women’s homes and dorm rooms in a single year. The organization and Carpenter ignore Texas’ Pro-Life laws, which ban elective abortion, including abortion pills, except to save the mother’s life or prevent major bodily harm.
Texas Attorney General Paxton sued Dr. Carpenter in December. His petition asked the judge to permanently block her from illegally prescribing and supplying any more abortion-inducing drugs to Texans.
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Prior to this lawsuit, Carpenter sent two abortion pills to a Texas woman. The 20-year-old was hospitalized for severe bleeding after taking the drugs, and her nine-week-old preborn baby passed away. Her trauma highlights how abortion not only kills precious children but can harm mothers too. The child’s father had no idea what had happened—until he found the deadly pill packaging in their home in Collin County and realized she had undergone an illegal abortion.
When Carpenter didn’t respond to the lawsuit within 20 days, as required by Texas law, Paxton filed an updated petition. It pointed out that by not answering, Carpenter had effectively admitted all the facts in the lawsuit were true.
The court held a hearing on Wednesday. After that, Judge Gantt ruled in favor of Texas. Carpenter is now required to pay a $100,000 fine and is permanently banned from prescribing or sending abortion pills to Texas residents.
Attorney General Paxton stated in a press release, “Radical out-of-state doctors will not be allowed to peddle dangerous and illegal drugs in Texas to kill unborn babies. Any doctor attempting to do so will be punished to the full extent of the law.”
We applaud Paxton’s rapid and effective response to this attempted bypass of Texas laws. However, Carpenter is not the only one trafficking abortion pills into our state, and the issue is ongoing.
Now is the time to urge Texas lawmakers to pass legislation to stop the abortion industry’s deadly tactics, hold abortionists legally accountable, and safeguard vulnerable preborn children.
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