Louisiana sues California doctor over mail prescription of mifepristone
The article reports that Louisiana has joined several other states, including Missouri, Florida, and Texas, in a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning the distribution of abortion pills by mail. Louisiana has issued an arrest warrant for a California doctor, Remy Coeytaux, who allegedly sent abortion pills to the boyfriend of a pregnant Louisiana woman, Rosalie Markezich. Markezich claims she was coerced by her boyfriend into taking the pills, which resulted in the loss of her pregnancy. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill expressed strong opposition to current FDA policies on abortion drugs and hopes for their revocation.
The lawsuit adds to ongoing legal battles in various states regarding mail-order abortion pills,with Texas also taking legal action against Coeytaux and other related parties. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton condemned the distribution of abortion drugs as illegal and vowed to protect unborn children.
In addition, a legislative effort led by Republican lawmakers, including Rep. mary Miller and Sen. Josh Hawley, seeks to reinstate in-person requirements for prescribing Mifepristone, aiming to end the mail delivery of abortion pills. This ongoing conflict reflects the broader post-Roe debates between states with differing abortion policies.
Louisiana sues California doctor over mail prescription of mifepristone
Louisiana has filed to intervene in a lawsuit over by-mail abortion pills, joining several states, including Missouri, Florida, and Texas, in their filing against the Food and Drug Administration.
Louisiana issued an arrest warrant for a California doctor who allegedly sent an abortion pill to the boyfriend of a pregnant woman in Louisiana, who wanted to keep her baby. Rosalie Markezich, the Louisiana woman who said her boyfriend coerced her into taking the pill, according to the complaint, joined the lawsuit along with the state.
“Rosalie is bravely representing many women who are victimized by the illegal, immoral, and unethical conduct of these drug dealers,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement. “It is my hope and prayer that President Trump’s administration will revoke these bought and paid for Biden administration rules which are contributing to these harms for women.”
In her court declaration, Markezich said her boyfriend ordered Mifepristone and misoprostol from California-based doctor Remy Coeytaux, whom she sent a Venmo payment to for the pills. She said the Venmo payment was her only point of contact with the physician and that she did not want to take the pills. She said she feared for her safety when her boyfriend, who had a criminal record, became angry and took the pills to “pacify him.” She then lost the baby.
Louisiana said it became aware of Markezich’s situation in 2024 and issued an arrest warrant for Coeytaux. The attorney general’s office has not responded to the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment about when the warrant was issued. The warrant is still outstanding, according to September court documents.
Markezich learned of the lawsuit against the FDA in 2025, the complaint said. With this filing, Louisiana becomes the latest state to join the action.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has also targeted Coeytaux, issuing a cease-and-desist order to the California physician in August. Paxton has also filed against New York in what has become a policy push-and-pull between several blue abortion-rights states and several red anti-abortion states in the post-Roe landscape.
“Texas will not tolerate the murdering of innocent life through illegal drug trafficking,” Paxton said in an August statement. “These abortion drug organizations and radical activists are not above the law, and I have ordered the immediate end of this unlawful conduct. This is a flagrant violation of both state and federal laws, and we are going to do everything in our power to protect mothers and unborn babies.”
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Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) introduced legislation last week that would reinstate in-person requirements for doctors to prescribe Mifepristone.
The Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs Act comes as a companion to a Senate bill from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
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