An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul bristled at criminal charges in Louisiana she called 'outrageous' and vowed to shield the doctor from Louisiana authorities.

A New York doctor has been indicted for allegedly sending abortion pills to a teenager in Louisiana, in what could be the first time a provider has faced criminal charges for mailing the medication since the rollback of abortion rights in the US.

A New York doctor has been indicted and charged by a grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in Louisiana, which has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. A Louisiana grand jury in Baton Rouge charged doctor Margaret Carpenter,

A Port Allen grand jury on Friday indicted a New York doctor after she filled an online prescription request for for an abortion pill. A warrant has been issued for the doctor's arrest, the district attorney said.

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.

A New York doctor, Dr. Margaret Carpenter, has been indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online in a state with strict abortion laws.

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there. Margaret Carpenter and her practice,

The case is one of the first direct challenges to shield laws enacted in blue states that protect providers who prescribe abortion pills to out-of-state patients.