A New York doctor has been indicted by a Lousiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.

The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state, at least since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and opened the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws.

  • deegeese
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    9 hours ago

    I think the last time states tried arresting people outside their borders for actions committed outside their borders was the Fugitive Slave Act.

    Didn’t go so well back then.