State of Louisiana issues arrest warrant for California abortionist

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a California abortionist who allegedly mailed abortion pills to a man in Louisiana, who then used them to force a woman into a chemical abortion.

Key Takeaways:

• Rosalie Markezich said her boyfriend ordered abortion pills from Remy Coeytaux, who sent them in the mail to her.

• Markezich said her boyfriend coerced her into taking the pills, forcing her into an abortion she did not want.

• She has since joined a lawsuit against the FDA for allowing mail-order abortions.

• The state of Louisiana is now pursuing a criminal case against Coeytaux in relation to Markezich's case.

The Details:

In court filings, Markezich said her boyfriend used her e-mail address to order pills from Coeytaux, and sent the $150 for them to be mailed to him. Markezich herself said she had no contact with Coeytaux.

According to the lawsuit:

Rosalie told her boyfriend that she wanted to keep her baby. But he had other plans. When Rosalie refused the drugs, her boyfriend became angry and shouted at her. Rosalie had suffered domestic abuse before, and she knew the signs of a dangerous man. Her boyfriend had a criminal record. Yet she was alone with him in a car, and her friends were unaware of her whereabouts. She was terrified.

To pacify him, Rosalie agreed to take the drugs. And he watched her swallow them. Although she intended to throw them up as soon as she could get away from him, she was unsuccessful, and she lost her baby.

Rosalie did not want to have an abortion. Had she received the drugs in person, she would have told the doctor that she did not want to take the drugs— she would have sought help and support. Rosalie now faces prolonged emotional trauma and mourns the loss of her child.

“Rosalie is bravely representing many woman who are victimized by the illegal, immoral, and unethical conduct of these drug dealers,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement. And though it did not name Coeytaux, the lawsuit said:

The State found out about Rosalie’s circumstances in 2024, and it has issued a warrant for the arrest of the California-based doctor from whom Rosalie’s boyfriend ordered the abortion drugs. That warrant is still outstanding. Rosalie learned about this case and the opportunity to seek relief against FDA in 2025.

However, it has since been confirmed that Coeytaux was the abortionist responsible, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

The Backstory:

Coeytaux is not just a doctor who happens to have mistakenly sent abortion pills to a woman in need. He is the founder, president, and executive officer of ASafeChoice, an abortion business which "provides [abortion] medication through a simple, yet safe and effective process" in which users can order abortion pills online, without a doctor overseeing the process.

This process, called the "no-test" protocol, is dangerous.

There are numerous known complications of the abortion pill regimen, including severe cramping, contractions, and heavy bleeding, as well as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and headaches. The “no-test” abortion pill protocol is extremely risky for women, as without an ultrasound or testing of any kind beforehand, there is no way to truly confirm a preborn child’s gestational age, or to rule out an extra-uterine (ectopic) pregnancy.

While the abortion pill regimen is touted as being safe, studies have found that chemical abortions are four times more dangerous than a first-trimester surgical abortion. In Ireland, 12% of women who underwent chemical abortions required emergency room visits. An analysis of insurance data found that nearly 11% of women (10.93%) experienced sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or other serious or life-threatening adverse events within 45 days of taking the abortion pill; this is 22 times higher than the “less than 0.5 percent” serious adverse events rate reported by the FDA on the mifepristone label. Yet another peer-reviewed study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute further debunked the claim that the abortion pill regimen is "safer than Tylenol."

Yet Coeytaux has repeatedly been caught mailing abortion pills into pro-life states; he has also been sued by a man in Texas for the deaths of his preborn children.

The Bottom Line:

This will be a major test of the shield laws put in place by pro-abortion states. California has taken steps to protect abortionists like Coeytaux, even when they break laws in other states. Louisiana's efforts to hold Coeytaux accountable could set a precedent for other law-breaking abortionists across the country.

Go Deeper:

Read more about "shield laws" enacted in various states to protect abortionists who break the laws of states where it is illegal by mailing abortion pills to those states' residents:

• How Big Abortion flouts state pro-life laws and puts women at risk with ‘self managed’ abortion

• Pro-abortion shield laws protect abortion providers from prosecution in multiple states

• State AGs call on Congress to take action against abortion shield laws

• A ‘showdown’ of sort is happening over abortion laws, and it could lead to a Supreme Court battle