A New York abortionist is in potential legal trouble for mailing abortion pills into two pro-life states. In the more recent violation, the abortionist sent abortion pills to a minor in Louisiana, violating that state’s law and resulting in complications which sent the young girl to the emergency room.
It’s not the first time such a thing has happened, and it seemingly will not be the last, as the abortionist responsible has remained unapologetic — and politicians are stepping in to make sure that she and her colleagues face no consequences for their dangerous and illegal actions.
And while the media heaps praise upon this abortionist and others like her, and politicians rush to protect them, what no one seems to be mentioning is the harm done to these young women and their preborn children.
What happened?
In two recent instances, abortion pills were mailed to pro-life states by Margaret Carpenter, a New York abortionist who helped to found online abortion pill dispensary Hey Jane (which also works with Aid Access), as well as the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine.
In December, Carpenter sent abortion pills to a 20-year-old woman in Texas; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against her in response. Carpenter is not licensed to practice medicine in Texas. According to the suit, the woman experienced complications and sought care at an emergency room. She was found to have been nine weeks pregnant, and had severe hemorrhaging after the abortion. Until then, the child’s father was unaware that the woman had taken abortion pills to end their child’s life.
In February, Carpenter sent abortion pills to Louisiana for a minor, upon request of the teen’s mother. A grand jury later indicted her. Prosecutor Tony Clayton said the teen had not wanted the abortion, indicating that she was coerced by her mother. “She was a minor and … she was excited,” he said. “She had planned a reveal party. She had wanted to have this baby.” Like the 20-year-old mother in Texas, the Louisiana teen also experienced complications, and was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Following the second lawsuit, New York Governor Kathy Hochul responded by announcing that she would fight any extradition attempts (ensuring that abortionists are protected if they violate laws in pro-life states) and allow abortionists to send abortion pills to pro-life states anonymously.
Reaction from the abortionists
While Carpenter herself has not responded publicly to the controversy, one of her colleagues has. Julie Kay founded the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine with Carpenter, and told Glamour that they plan to continue committing illegal chemical abortions.
“Our organization was built to pass, protect, and expand safe, legal, and accessible telemedicine. We’re going to keep on doing that. We know that these board-certified licensed clinicians are providing excellent care, and we’re going to keep helping them to do that. We know that this is the fastest growing choice of abortion method for women in America, and so we want to respect that and help people access and have access to that choice,” she said. “We’re really asking people to learn about medication abortion via telemedicine. A lot of people don’t know what it is and don’t know that it’s an option and whether they need it for themselves or for others. It’s really important to continue to learn about it and to protect it. ACT takes a real leadership role in that and takes it extremely seriously.”
Abortion pills through Hey Jane, one of Carpenter’s organizations, can cost as much as $400. As Kay pointed out, chemical abortions are now the most frequently used abortion procedures — meaning that she and Carpenter’s entire business would possibly cease to exist without the ability to mail abortion pills out of state.
So is their business truly about “providing excellent care,” or something else entirely?
Hurting women and being praised for it
While pro-abortion media outlets have heaped praise on Carpenter for her willingness to break the law, the reality is that women are being injured by this criminal behavior.
The minor in Louisiana who received the pill was allegedly coerced into the abortion — something that is not all that uncommon; after all, studies have found that 64% of women have been pressured into their abortions, with teens and girls admitting they were pressured by their parents or other family members to kill their preborn children. It’s also becoming more common for men to slip the abortion pill to women in an attempt to cause abortions, without the women’s knowledge or consent.
Telemedicine abortions not only put women at risk of coercion, but also put them at risk for serious complications — as both of Carpenter’s victims found out firsthand. Gynuity, a pro-abortion research institute, found that six percent (6%) of women who took the abortion pill in a study required care at an emergency room or urgent care facility — and that is believed to be a low estimate, partly because women are encouraged by abortionists to lie if they do seek emergency help.
And the risks for the abortion pill are substantial, despite what women are told. Frequently, the abortion pill regimen is said to be safer than Tylenol, but this is false. As Live Action News has previously reported:
Studies have shown chemical abortion to be four times more dangerous than a first-trimester surgical abortion, and additionally found that approximately 6% of women in at least one study [in addition to Gynuity’s] experienced complications severe enough to require an emergency room or urgent care visit. However, the real number of visits could be even higher, as women are encouraged by the abortion industry to lie to emergency room providers and say they are experiencing a natural miscarriage as opposed to post-abortion complications (which then misattributes those complications elsewhere). And thanks to the Obama administration, any complications that do arise (other than death) are not required to be reported to the manufacturer.
Furthermore, the “no-test” abortion pill protocol championed by the abortion industry, which is what Carpenter subjected these women to, is even more dangerous. Without an ultrasound or any blood tests beforehand, there is no way to confirm gestational age, rule out extrauterine pregnancy, or ensure the woman has no contraindications prior to the chemical abortion.
Recent studies have even found that women are not properly prepared for how much pain they may experience during a chemical abortion, leaving them shocked and frightened at the amount of pain and bleeding they endure.
Abortionists and those who enable them to break the law regarding the abortion pill are not empowering women; they are hurting them.
