Texas AG Sues New York Doctor for Prescribing Abortion-Inducing Drugs Via Telemedicine

The case could set up a challenge to shield laws in states aiming to protect doctors who perform abortions on out-of-staters or provide telemedicine services.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22. Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Friday against a New York physician and founder of a pro-abortion coalition, saying that she had prescribed abortion drugs via telemedicine to a Texas resident. Her actions violated Texas law because she was not licensed to practice medicine in the state, he said.

According to Paxton, Dr. Margaret Carpenter, founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT), provided illegal abortion drugs via telemedicine “that ended the life of an unborn child and resulted in serious complications for the mother, who then required medical intervention.”