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Hochul Won't Extradite Hudson Valley Doctor Charged With Prescribing Abortion Pill Hochul Won't Extradite Hudson Valley Doctor Charged With Prescribing Abortion Pill
Hochul Won't Extradite Hudson Valley Doctor Charged With Prescribing Abortion Pill New York will not extradite a Hudson Valley doctor who was criminally charged with violating Louisiana’s abortion laws, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. It comes after a jury indicted Ulster County-based Dr. Margaret Carpenter, of New Paltz, along with her company, Nightingale Medical, and the mother of a minor girl on Friday, Jan. 31, alleging that Carpenter shipped the girl an abortion pill. The pill, Mifeprestone, caused the girl to have a medical emergency which terminated the pregnancy, Baton Rouge CBS affiliate WAFB reports. All three were charged with criminal abortion by means of abortion-in…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Westchester Emergency Medical Workers Featured On New TV Series By 'Law & Order' Creator Westchester Emergency Medical Workers Featured On New TV Series By 'Law & Order' Creator
Westchester Emergency Medical Workers Featured On New TV Series By 'Law & Order' Creator Paramedics in Westchester will take center stage when A&E Network premieres “Nightwatch Nation” on Thursday night. Producer Dick Wolf of "Law & Order" fame, has created his latest show, an expansion of the “Nightwatch” program, which will follow EMTs in four cities - including Yonkers - as they “risk their lives to work the busiest and most unnerving shift of the day, the overnight.” The show premieres at 10 p.m. on A&E on Aug. 16. Over the 10 episode first season, cameras followed paramedics in Yonkers who treated an active stroke victim, overdoses and crashes in the …

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by Zak Failla