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Texas lawsuit challenges telehealth abortions, citing Comstock Act

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25.07.2025

A Texas man is suing a California doctor for allegedly providing his girlfriend with abortion medication.

The lawsuit—a civil complaint filed in the federal court for the Southern District of Texas—accuses a physician named Remy Coeytaux of violating state and federal laws by mailing abortion pills to “murder” the “unborn child” of the plaintiff, Jerry Rodriguez.

This is the first individual complaint concerning abortion pills mailed via a telehealth provider to be filed in federal court, meaning it could eventually be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Coeytaux did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

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