Texas AG Ken Paxton sues New York doctor for providing abortion pills across state lines

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman who wound up in the emergency room with severe bleeding, setting up a first-of-its-kind challenge to a blue-state abortion shield law.
Mr. Paxton announced Friday that his office is seeking a temporary injunction to block Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter “from illegally prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents and illegally practicing medicine in the State of Texas.”

The complaint filed in Collin County District Court also asks for $100,000 for each violation of Texas law and attorney’s fees.

“In this case, an out-of-state doctor violated the law and caused serious harm to this patient. This doctor prescribed abortion-inducing drugs — unauthorized, over telemedicine — causing her patient to end up in the hospital with serious complications,” said Mr. Paxton.
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