A doctor in New York. Patients in Texas and Louisiana. What connects them? A new frontline in America’s abortion battle.
In January, Dr Margaret Carpenter was criminally charged in Texas and Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to clients hundreds of miles away. And she’s not the only one. Across the US, prosecutors are targeting providers who prescribe abortion pills online, while states like New York and California are passing “shield laws” to protect them.
The result: a legal tug-of-war where doctors risk prosecution, and patients risk their health.
Learn more about the state of abortion in the US today here: https://fullerproject.org/story/abortion-access-bans-us-roe-v-wade-2025/
