Jerry Rodriguez, from Texas, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against California doctor Remy Coeytaux for mailing abortion pills across state lines, allegedly resulting in the termination of two of his unborn children.
Fox News reports that the case, Rodriguez v. Coeytaux, “marks the first of its kind to test how far pro-life litigants can go to sidestep blue state abortion shield laws using century-old federal statutes and Texas civil code.”
Rodriguez v. Coeytaux (Case No. 3:25-cv-00225) was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division.
Filed July 20 in the Southern District of Texas, the lawsuit accuses Dr. Remy Coeytaux of aiding illegal self-managed abortions in 2024, by mailing abortion-inducing drugs to Galveston County, Texas, where they were allegedly used to end two pregnancies.
Plaintiff Jerry Rodriguez claims his girlfriend’s estranged husband purchased the pills from Coeytaux through a Venmo transaction and pressured her to take them, ending two pregnancies Rodriguez says were his.
At the heart of the suit is an alleged $150 Venmo payment to “Remy Coeytaux MD PC” labeled “Aed axes,” followed by his girlfriend’s name. The lawsuit states Rodriguez interprets “Aed axes” to be a phonetic spelling of “Aid Access,” a network that helps women obtain abortion pills.Rodriguez alleges the first abortion occurred in September 2024, at the home of his girlfriend’s mother, and the second in January 2025, at the home of her estranged husband. Ultrasound images from January, attached as Exhibit 2, are offered as proof of a second pregnancy. According to the complaint, the baby was a boy.
With the suit, Rodriguez seeks over $75,000 in damages, certification of a national class of “fathers of unborn children,” and a permanent injunction barring Coeytaux from mailing abortion drugs in violation of state or federal law.
You can read the redacted details here.
