Demorats never met an abortion they didn’t like. Apparently that also includes forced abortions.
A mother in Louisiana obtained abortion pills online for her then 17-year-old daughter from a Dr. Margaret Carpenter in New York. According to NOLA, the pregnant teen was going to have the baby but the mother of the teen conspired with the good doctor to obtain the abortion pill. The mother then coerced the pregnant teen to take the pill. The teen girl accepted the ultimatum despite initially pleading to keep the baby.
The mother obtained the abortion pill by completing a questionnaire and Dr. Carpenter fulfilled the prescription without a direct consultation.
From Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry:
“A minor in Louisiana got pregnant. She was excited to have a baby and was planning a gender reveal party. Her mom conspired with a NY doctor to get a chemical abortion pill in the mail and coerced her to take it. She ended up in the hospital. There is only one right answer in this situation: the doctor must face extradition to Louisiana where justice will be served. We owe this to the minor and the innocent life lost.”
District Attorney for Iberville, Tony Clayton, believes there is clear evidence of a crime as a West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Dr. Carpenter and the girl’s mother for criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs, a new law passed last year by Shreveport Republican state Sen. Thomas Pressly.
Louisiana prosecutors and Gov. Jeff Landry want to extradite Dr. Carpenter, yet Gov. Kathy Hochul has declined to comply with the extradition order. From NY Post:
“Carpenter and her company, Nightingale Medical, PC, also face the same charge — but have evaded arrest thanks to Hochul’s refusal to comply with Lousiana’s extradition orders submitted Thursday.
“I want to make sure everyone in the state knows: Keep your hands off this doctor,” Hochul said upon receiving the paperwork.
“I’m respecting the laws of New York. Am I supposed to make those subservient to laws of another state?”
New York Attorney General Letitia James also piled on, calling the indictment a “cowardly attempt out of Louisiana to weaponize the law against out-of-state providers,” adding that the indictment is “unjust and un-American.”
You know what else is unjust? Forcing a girl to go against her will and kill her baby. It appears these demorats are now supporting forced abortions. They are in good company, I guess.
What a sword to die on. Literally.
DCG