(Reuters) -A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there, television station WAFB reported on Friday.
Margaret Carpenter was reportedly charged with criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducting drugs, a felony.
Carpenter prescribed the drug mifepristone, which caused a medical emergency that terminated the teenager's pregnancy, according to WAFB. She could not immediately be reached for comment.
The case appeared to be among the first criminal charges brought over prescribing abortion drugs across state lines. Carpenter was also sued civilly by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last month.
Medication abortion accounts for more than half of U.S. abortions. It has drawn increasing attention since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision allowing states to ban abortion, which more than 20, including Louisiana, have done.
(Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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