"Last month, an anti-abortion activist named Jana Pinson gave explosive testimony before a Texas Senate committee in support of HB7, a law that would vastly expand the state's bounty-hunter abortion law, allowing lawsuits against anyone who facilitates a Texan getting abortion pills, including manufacturers, for up to $100,000. She described a lawsuit filed that very day by Liana Davis against Christopher Cooprider, accusing him of smuggling abortion pills he ordered online into Davis's hot chocolate, terminating her pregnancy."
"The case soon made international headlines for both its sordid details and its political valences. Like other red states that outlawed abortion as soon as the Supreme Court let them, Texas has been unable to stop tens of thousands of abortion pills - as many as 12,000 a month, according to the Society of Family Planning - from being mailed by providers in blue states, where they enjoy protection under "shield laws." (Davis also sued Aid Access, a prominent provider of abortion pills to places where they're illegal.) Attorney General Ken Paxton promptly issued cease-and-desist letters to shield providers, citing the Davis case. Meanwhile, the state senate passed HB7, and it now awaits the governor's signature."
""I'm not here to castigate the pro-life position. I consider myself a pro-life individual, but we don't do political advocacy by criminal allegations that are not true, and that's disgusting," Cooprider's attorney, Mikal Watts, told me Thursday. "They used this situation to pass a law that, if it's based on this case, was passed based on a lie.""
An activist testified in support of HB7, which would expand Texas's bounty-hunter abortion law to allow lawsuits against anyone who facilitates a Texan obtaining abortion pills, with damages up to $100,000. Liana Davis sued Christopher Cooprider, accusing him of smuggling abortion pills into her hot chocolate and ending her pregnancy. Tens of thousands of abortion pills continue to be mailed into Texas from providers in blue states. Attorney General Ken Paxton issued cease-and-desist letters to shield providers. The Texas Senate passed HB7, awaiting the governor's signature. Cooprider countersued, denying the drugging, alleging a spontaneous miscarriage, and seeking over $1 billion in damages.
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