Overview
- Jerry Rodriguez filed an amended complaint in federal court in Galveston seeking to bar Dr. Rémy Coeytaux from sending abortion medication into Texas.
- The suit invokes HB 7, effective Dec. 4, 2025, which lets private residents sue over manufacturing, prescribing, mailing or delivering abortion pills with statutory penalties of at least $100,000 per violation.
- Rodriguez, represented by Jonathan Mitchell, says he will pursue those penalties if discovery shows any post‑effective‑date violations and asks the court to block a countersuit under California law.
- The Center for Reproductive Rights is defending Coeytaux, the first known defendant under HB 7, noting the case is part of broader efforts to restrict access to mifepristone and telemedicine abortion care.
- The dispute follows California's refusal to extradite Coeytaux to Louisiana and parallels Texas AG actions targeting out‑of‑state providers, including a new case against a Delaware nurse practitioner and an effort to enforce a New York judgment.