Texas man litigated for mailing abortion pills in landmark case

A Texas man has filed landmark federal wrongful death lawsuit California abortion provideraccused the doctor of “murdering” his unborn child by mailing abortion pills across state lines.

Case, Rodriguez v. Coeytaux marks the first test of how far a person can use the litigant and how far a person can use it A century-old federal regulations and Texas Civil Code.

The lawsuit filed July 20 in the southern Texas area alleged that Dr. Remy Coeytaux, who mailed abortion drugs to Galveston County, Texas in 2024, was allegedly used to end two pregnancy to help illegally self-management abortions.

Plaintiff Jerry Rodriguez claims his girlfriend’s estranged husband bought pills from Coeytaux through a Venmo deal and put pressure on her, ending two pregnancy, which Rodriguez said was his.

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At the heart of the lawsuit, the alleged $150 Venmo paid a “Remy Coeytaux MD PC” marked “AED Axis” followed by his girlfriend’s name. The lawsuit states that Rodriguez interprets the “AED axis” as the voice spelling of “Aid Access”, a network that helps women get abortion pills.

Rodriguez claims that the first miscarriage occurred in September 2024, at the home of her girlfriend’s mother, and the second time was in January 2025, at the home of her estranged husband. The ultrasound image in January with Figure 2 as 2 is proof of the second pregnancy. According to the complaint, the baby is a boy.

Rodriguez seeks over $75,000 in damages, a national certification of “fathers with unborn children,” and a permanent injunction that prohibits Coeytaux from violating state or federal laws.

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mifepristone (mifeprex) and misoprostol are two drugs used in drug abortion. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

The legal basis of the complaint has attracted people’s attention. The lawsuit restored the Long-Term Comstock Act, a federal opposition law of 1873 that prohibited the mailing of materials related to abortion. Even though it was not implemented in the first century, the Comstock Act is still in the books.

Jonathan Mitchell, the lawyer behind Heartbeat method in Texas (SB8), representing Rodriguez. He believes that Dr. Remy Coeytaux violated the Federal Comstock Act 18USC §§§§1461 and 1462 and intentionally used email to send the drugs that caused the abortion from California to Texas.

The lawsuit also accused Coeytaux of felony murder under Section 19.02 of the Texas Criminal Code, which intentionally assisted with an illegal abortion. It cites multiple violations of Texas law, including requiring abortion medications to be managed only by a state physician, with informed consent and mandatory ultrasound, and only in licensed abortion facilities. Coeytaux, which is allegedly not licensed in Texas, did not meet these requirements.

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People suffering from abortion and anti-abortion demonstrations in the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC (Allison Robert/Getty Images)

The case has been viewed as a strategic test of the Blue State’s abortion shield law. State groups such as California, New York and Washington have adopted measures to protect their abortion providers from legal risks when treating out-of-state patients.

But Rodriguez’s legal team avoids these obstacles by filing a civil unlawful death lawsuit directly in federal court, and some legal scholars say a new route for anti-abortion plaintiffs to connect them with providers outside their own state borders.

As of Friday, court records show that Coeytaux has not responded to the complaint and he has not made any public statements about the case.

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A loved one abortion group is expected to challenge the Comstock Act Interpretation and the status of private citizens to file a false death claim related to out-of-state telemedicine prescriptions.

If the case survives an early procedural barrier, it could provide a new template for the biological litigants to target the supply chain of Dobbs targeting abortion pills three years after the Supreme Court ruled.

Coeytaux did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.