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Texas Sues Aid Access to Block Abortion Pills Mailed Into State

Paxton petitions a Galveston court for an injunction halting out‑of‑state telemedicine abortion drugs to Texans.

Texas, Louisiana and other red states that have outlawed abortion have been stepping up their legal challenges to abortion medication as they try to stop their states' residents from overcoming abortion bans.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, is suing a Bay Area doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to the state, a practice California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, has said is protected by the state’s shield laws.

Overview

  • Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Galveston County civil suit on Feb. 24 against Aid Access and founders Rebecca Gomperts and Remy Coeytaux, alleging an international abortion‑by‑mail operation serving Texans.
  • The complaint alleges violations of the Human Life Protection Act and the state’s ban on mailing abortion‑inducing drugs, naming mifepristone and misoprostol, as well as unlicensed medical practice in Texas.
  • Paxton seeks a temporary restraining order plus temporary and permanent injunctions, civil penalties, and attorneys’ fees to bar prescribing to or shipping into Texas.
  • The filing highlights Aid Access website language offering shipments to Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, or anywhere in Texas, and cites related federal cases including Rodriguez v. Coeytaux.
  • Paxton links the case to efforts challenging out‑of‑state providers operating under shield laws; Aid Access did not comment, and the AG previously issued 2025 cease‑and‑desist letters to Coeytaux and other groups.