Dr. Margaret Carpenter, from New York, was indicted by a grand jury for prescribing an abortion pill to a teenager in Louisiana, where the procedure is banned. The pill was sent through the mail.

A New York doctor faces a criminal indictment for allegedly prescribing an abortion-inducing drug to a minor in Louisiana.

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.