A man filed a lawsuit in Texas accusing Dr. Remy Coeytaux of illegally providing abortion medication by mail to his pregnant partner and seeks $100,000 for wrongful death. The suit alleges the woman's estranged husband ordered the medication, which she used to terminate the pregnancy. The case invokes a Texas law that allows private citizens to sue abortion pill providers. Louisiana previously sought Coeytaux's extradition, and California Governor Gavin Newsom blocked that effort. Texas and Louisiana have strict anti-abortion laws, while California protects providers who treat out-of-state patients. The Center for Reproductive Rights is defending Coeytaux.
"A man this week accused a California doctor of violating Texas' anti-abortion policies, testing a new law in the GOP-led state allowing private citizens to sue abortion pill providers for mailing the medication. The lawsuit comes after Louisiana, also a Republican-led state, last month pushed to extradite Dr. Remy Coeytaux, who is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, accusing him of illegally mailing abortion pills. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in January he blocked Louisiana's attempt to punish the doctor."
"The lawsuit in Texas, filed Sunday by a man named Jerry Rodriguez, accuses Coeytaux of breaking Texas law banning anyone from providing a pregnant woman with abortion medication. Rodriguez was dating a woman who became pregnant with their child, the lawsuit says. The woman's estranged husband then ordered abortion medication from Coeytaux, which she used to terminate her pregnancy, it says."
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