US EditionGalveston Man Files First Lawsuit Under Texas HB 7 Against California Doctor
Jerry Rodriguez seeks to stop a California doctor from mailing abortion pills to Texas and pursue damages under HB 7, which allows $100,000 lawsuits against providers.
- On Sunday, Jerry Rodriguez, Galveston County man, filed the first civil lawsuit under House Bill 7 in Texas against Dr. Rémy Coeytaux, accusing him of providing abortion-inducing pills to his former partner.
- Under the Texas law, HB 7, effective December 4, 2025, allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and awards successful plaintiffs at least $100,000, with countersuits barred.
- Rodriguez's amended complaint says attorney Jonathan Mitchell updated the suit on Sunday adding HB 7 claims, alleging the woman's estranged husband ordered pills used to end pregnancies in Sept. 2024 and January 2025, and invoking the Comstock Act while seeking to block future abortion pill mailings.
- The Center for Reproductive Rights is defending Coeytaux and condemned the lawsuit as a strategic attack on reproductive choice, with Marc Hearron saying `It's anti-freedom, anti-privacy and anti-family,` while California officials have moved to shield the doctor from punishment.
- The lawsuit comes amid nationwide legal pressure, including Texas and Florida suing the Federal Drug Administration and Louisiana's recent push to extradite the doctor, while 19,000 orders for abortion pills from Texans highlight rising medication abortion use.
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Lawsuit accuses California doctor of violating Texas' anti-abortion laws
A lawsuit accuses a California doctor of violating Texas' anti-abortion laws. The complaint was filed under a new Texas law allowing private citizens to sue abortion pill providers for mailing abortion pills.
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