California doctor hit with lawsuit for mailing abortion pills in violation of Texas law

A Texas man whose girlfriend lost two unborn children to the abortion drugs sent to her estranged husband by a California abortionist now is suing that doctor under a state law for which lawmakers specified penalties of “not less than $100,000′ for each violation.

Texas legislators, who in 2021 successfully imposed a heartbeat bill that virtually eliminated abortion in the state by letting anyone bring a civil action against those who performed or aided in the destruction of an unborn child, last year followed with a law targeting abortion drug traffickers across the nation who supply their deadly drugs to those in pro-life states.

The law was adopted in September and took effect in December.

According to a report in the Federalist, the legal action is by Jerry Rodriguez and targets Remy Coeytaux, a Californian who is accused of illicitly mailing mifepristone into Texas.

“Coeytaux directly committed murder under section 19.02(b)(1) because he ‘intentionally and knowingly caused the death’ of Mr. Rodriguez’s unborn child by delivering abortion pills that he knew would be used in an illegal self-managed abortion,” the legal filing charges.

Rodriguez’ complaint is that Coeytaux supplied his girlfriend, Kendal Garza, with the drug, ending the lives of an unborn child in mid-2024, and again late in that year.

The court filing explains Garza was “happy” with the first pregnancy, but her “estranged husband … was allegedly displeased with this decision and reportedly used his information and his debit card to secure $150 worth of abortion pills from Coeytaux via Venmo,” the report said.

Garza said she was “pressured” to kill the baby.

Likewise, she was happy with the second, and the two parents “even allegedly attended a doctor’s appointment where they saw their unborn baby, a son, via ultrasound.”

But again, Garza’s estranged husband bought the pills and she went through with a “self-managed abortion.”

According to the publication Rodriguez not only seeks damages for the wrongful deaths but also is calling for an injunction that would halt Coeytaux’s distribution of drugs in Texas.

The report noted Coeytaux already had been cited Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last year in a cease-and-desist order telling him to halt the illegal distribution of abortion drugs in the state.