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BumRushDaShow

(167,039 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:36 PM 19 hrs ago

Texas man sues California doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to state

Source: The Guardian

Wed 4 Feb 2026 12.52 EST
Last modified on Wed 4 Feb 2026 13.06 EST


A physician based in California has become the first medical provider sued under a recently enacted Texas statute that empowers private individuals to file civil lawsuits against providers who mail abortion medication into the state.

The case was brought by Jerry Rodriguez, who claims that Remy Coeytaux, a doctor practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, violated a Texas law that allows abortion providers to face penalties of at least $100,000 if they mail pills into Texas. The filing alleges Coeytaux mailed abortion medication to end Rodriguez’s girlfriend’s pregnancies twice, once in 2024 and again in early 2025.

According to the complaint, Rodriguez was in a relationship with a woman who became pregnant. The filing states that the woman’s estranged husband ordered abortion pills from Coeytaux, which she then used to end the pregnancy. Rodriguez is suing for wrongful death and is seeking $100,000 in damages.

The legal action follows a separate move by Louisiana, another state led by Republicans, which sought Coeytaux’s extradition last month. Louisiana authorities accused him of unlawfully sending abortion pills into the state. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said he would refuse the extradition.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/texas-california-abortion-pills-lawsuit



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Texas man sues California doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to state (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP
So , he was screwing a married woman? Bread and Circuses 19 hrs ago #1
Not this again. paleotn 19 hrs ago #2
I am assuming they have been pining for a case like this, so they can take it to mysteryowl 19 hrs ago #3
Is that the settled law in Texas though? littlemissmartypants 19 hrs ago #5
I have no idea. It should be! mysteryowl 19 hrs ago #6
👍❤️ littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #9
They already tried with NY BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #8
Taking a quick look at the two links..... reACTIONary 15 hrs ago #13
The variation this go-around BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #14
Tailoring of the Commerce Clause? Frasier Balzov 19 hrs ago #4
Republicans are a cabal that timms139 18 hrs ago #7
Individual states do not have a right angrychair 17 hrs ago #10
states like california and NY should pass laws allowing countersuits moonshinegnomie 17 hrs ago #11
I am just wondering why CA can't pass a law Envirogal 13 hrs ago #15
Carry my baby! csusan 16 hrs ago #12
The new Fugitive Slave Act dexdah 12 hrs ago #16
They get their knickers in a knot about abortion but have no problem with their leader raping 13 yr old children. appleannie1 7 hrs ago #17

paleotn

(21,817 posts)
2. Not this again.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:44 PM
19 hrs ago

Pound sand, Texas.

Hat tip to Gavin Newsome and CA. VT has our health provider's backs as well. We're not cooperating. And if you want to come get them yourselves, please be aware that VT is more heavily armed than most European countries. Just saying. Another irony of this ultra blue state.

mysteryowl

(8,660 posts)
3. I am assuming they have been pining for a case like this, so they can take it to
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:52 PM
19 hrs ago

corrupt SCOTUS.


So what if a woman want's to terminate an early pregnancy.
Leave her and her doctor alone!

littlemissmartypants

(32,713 posts)
5. Is that the settled law in Texas though?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:07 PM
19 hrs ago

"... if a woman want's to terminate an early pregnancy.
Leave her and her doctor alone"

Who owns the rights to her body in Texas? Her? Her boyfriend? Or the state?

reACTIONary

(7,055 posts)
13. Taking a quick look at the two links.....
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:59 PM
15 hrs ago

.... it seems that the strategy is...

First, don't show up for the lawsuit trial, or at least accept that you are going to lose, then,

Second, don't obey the judgement - no $100K check for you.

When they attempt to enter the judgement in your state for enforcement, the your state refuses.

BumRushDaShow

(167,039 posts)
14. The variation this go-around
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 07:21 PM
14 hrs ago

appears that when they tried to it with NY, it was Paxton who sued (on behalf of the state of TX). This time, it looks like they are using someone who they think has "standing" and was somehow aggrieved.

It won't make any difference because like NY, CA has a "shield law" forbidding any recognition of these ridiculous suits coming out of states like TX.

Frasier Balzov

(4,942 posts)
4. Tailoring of the Commerce Clause?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:06 PM
19 hrs ago

Customized to fit the anti-choice agenda of Trump and his Termites?

timms139

(513 posts)
7. Republicans are a cabal that
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:41 PM
18 hrs ago

just cannot keep from injecting themselves into other peoples business. Even if it's something they will never experience . i wouldn't think a male could in anyway need or use an abortion pill much less tell a female what she might need .

angrychair

(11,877 posts)
10. Individual states do not have a right
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 04:31 PM
17 hrs ago

To regulate interstate commerce. There is no federal in law against it and the origin state it's legal as well. I guess the state can block all incoming mail from outside the state.

Seems pretty straightforward to me.

moonshinegnomie

(3,927 posts)
11. states like california and NY should pass laws allowing countersuits
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:00 PM
17 hrs ago

let residents of those states files lawsuits in response against people in texas that try and sue.

Envirogal

(286 posts)
15. I am just wondering why CA can't pass a law
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 09:14 PM
13 hrs ago

for that automatically being able to counter sue for frivolous “jackpot justice” as they Right used to complain about.

The guy can explain in court about his affair violating the Ten Commandments, and how he was going to raise that fetus on his own. Was he going to build a nest until it hatched?

So sick of these busybodies.

csusan

(66 posts)
12. Carry my baby!
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:12 PM
16 hrs ago

Force her to carry fetus to term. Then have nothing to do with it and be a dead beat dad.

appleannie1

(5,433 posts)
17. They get their knickers in a knot about abortion but have no problem with their leader raping 13 yr old children.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:26 AM
7 hrs ago
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