Texas man sues California abortionist under new state law

A Texas man is suing an out-of-state abortion pill provider and is the first citizen to leverage House Bill 7, which empowers Texas citizens to sue abortion providers up to $100,000.

Key Takeaways:

• Jerry Rodriguez of Galveston, TX has updated a lawsuit against California abortionist Dr. Remy Coeytaux to include the recently-passed HB 7.

• HB 7 prohibits the transportation of abortion pills into the state, and allows Texas residents to sue abortion providers.

• Rodriguez contends that Coeytaux mailed the abortion pills to the estranged husband of Rodriguez’s girlfriend, who, on two occasions, coerced the woman to take the pills when she was more than ten weeks pregnant.

The Details:

Jerry Rodriguez of Galveston, TX, initially filed a federal lawsuit last July against California abortionist Dr. Remy Coeytaux for mailing the abortion pills to the estranged husband of Rodriguez’s girlfriend, who, on two occasions, coerced the woman to take the pills when she was more than ten weeks pregnant (past the FDA’s 10-week limit on the abortion pill). 

Last Sunday, Rodriguez, with his attorney, Jonathan Mitchell, updated the lawsuit to include H.B. 7, which could lead to abortionist Coeytaux being fined $75,000 in minimum damages, plus other fees, and being stopped from mailing abortion pills into the state. The lawsuit also cites Coeytaux’s violation of the federal Comstock Act, which prohibits the mailing of abortion pills in the United States.

Zoom In:

Rodriguez’s girlfriend, Kendal Garza, was happy about the two pregnancies and was planning to give birth to the children, according to the lawsuit. Rodriguez and Garza even had sonograms of their second child, a baby boy. However, Adam Garza was able to order abortion pills online from Coeytaux and coerce Kendal Garza to ingest them. Kendal Garza’s mother also coerced her to abort. The second child was aborted with abortion pills during the third month of pregnancy, dangerously beyond the FDA 10-week limit. Kendal Garza reportedly texted Rodriguez that she had cut the baby’s umbilical cord and buried him after she took the abortion pills and expelled the baby.

Rodriguez filed the initial lawsuit in July after discovering that Garza was expecting his third child and fearing that she would again be coerced to abort one of his preborn children. 

The Big Picture:

H.B. 7, which went into effect on Dec 4, 2025, "prohibits the manufacture, distribution, mailing, transportation, delivery, and prescription of abortion-inducing pills for the purpose of obtaining an illegal abortion,” and also allows individuals to file private lawsuits against those who would violate the law. 

Abortion advocates often refer to H.B. 7 as Texas’ “bounty hunter law,” emphasizing the fact that citizens can pursue legal action against those who aid and abet illegal abortions in Texas and receive a monetary sum in statutory damages. Proponents of the killing of preborn children deliberately use the term “bounty hunter law” in an attempt to portray Texas as a kind of “Wild West” with oppressive and outdated laws. One important aspect of Texas law, which is not often mentioned by abortion proponents, is that the mothers who obtain the abortions are exempt from criminalization.

As Live Action News previously pointed out, the relentless propaganda from abortion zealots of a Texas “bounty hunter law” is just another way for the abortion industry to distract the American public from what is actually taking place — the large-scale killing of American children in the womb.

The Bottom Line:

Accounts of abortion coercion involving the abortion pill are increasingly coming to light, revealing how easy access to the abortion pill puts women as well as their babies in danger, while encroaching on states’ rights to regulate abortion.

Read Live Action’s groundbreaking abortion pill report to learn about more abortion pill coercion stories and lawsuits.