A lawsuit in Texas challenges telehealth abortions used post-Roe v. Wade. The civil complaint claims a California physician violated laws by mailing abortion pills to a woman in Texas. This case, potentially reaching the U.S. Supreme Court, raises questions about state authority over abortion laws. Plaintiff Jerry Rodriguez alleges wrongful death of an unborn child due to the physician’s actions. The lawsuit cites violations of Texas law and the Comstock Act, which restricts mailing abortion-related materials. Rodriguez pursues damages of at least $75,000.
A new lawsuit filed in Texas could force federal courts to weigh in on the legality of telehealth abortions, which people have increasingly used to terminate their pregnancies since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The plaintiff, Jerry Rodriguez, is arguing that Dr. Remy Coeytaux sent medication to Rodriguez's girlfriend for two separate abortions and is responsible in multiple instances for the wrongful death of an 'unborn child.'
The suit claims that the doctor's actions are a violation of both Texas state law and an 1873 federal statute called the Comstock Act, which prohibits the mailing of material 'intended for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use.'
Rodriguez is seeking damages of at least $75,000.
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