{"id":2477316,"date":"2025-08-21T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paxton-tx-will-not-tolerate-illegal-trafficking-of-abortion-pill\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:52:01","slug":"paxton-tx-will-not-tolerate-illegal-trafficking-of-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paxton-tx-will-not-tolerate-illegal-trafficking-of-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxton: TX Will Not Tolerate Illegal Trafficking Of Abortion Pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpaxton-tx-will-not-tolerate-illegal-trafficking-of-abortion-pill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2477316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued cease and desist orders to abortion pill providers, including Plan C, Her Safe Harbor, and an affiliate of Aid access, for illegally promoting and distributing abortion drugs within Texas. Paxton emphasized that such activities violate both state and federal laws, including the Human Life Protection Act, and warned that failure to comply could result in notable legal actions and penalties. This move aligns wiht Texas&#8217;s broader efforts to enforce its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-court-decision-latin-america-protects-national-pro-life-laws\/\" title=\"In Court Decision, Latin America Protects National Pro-Life ...s\">strict pro-life laws<\/a>, which prohibit abortions beyond six weeks of gestation. The orders respond to cases involving unlawful distribution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-state-legislatures-move-to-ban-chemical-abortion-by-mail\/\" title=\"GOP ... Legislatures Move To Ban Chemical Abortion By ...\">abortion-inducing drugs<\/a> and highlight ongoing legal challenges connected to abortion pill trafficking. Other states, such as Missouri, have taken similar actions against organizations promoting mail-order abortion drugs. 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return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hit abortion pill dealers accused of promoting and mailing abortion drugs to Lone Star State residents with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-demands-immediate-halt-illegal-abortion-pill-shipments-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cease and desist orders<\/a> last week for their apparent violation of state and federal laws.<\/p>\n<p>The letters single out the abortion dealers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/PlanC%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan C<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Her%20Safe%20Harbor%20Cease%20and%20Desist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Her Safe Harbor<\/a>, as well as an &ldquo;affiliate&rdquo; of Aid Access named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Coeytaux%20Cease%20and%20Desist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remy Coeytaux<\/a> for &ldquo;promoting, selling, or facilitating the shipment&rdquo; of the drug regimen responsible for most of the nation&rsquo;s abortions, which is largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plancpills.org\/abortion-pill\/texas#ways-people-get-pills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> by the organizations themselves and by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/2025\/01\/16\/abortion-pill-texas-ban-lawmifepristone-misoprostol-plan-c-pills\/77332833007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corporate media.<\/a> The letters were apparently sent Aug. 14 but announced in a press release from Paxton&rsquo;s office on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1009815059\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paxton not only commanded the parties to &ldquo;immediately cease&rdquo; such activity in the state, but also noted failure to do so could result in &ldquo;further legal action, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-a-vaccine-mandate-trigger-the-great-resignation\/\" title=\"Will A Vaccine Mandate Trigger The Great Resignation?\">lawsuits seeking injunctive relief<\/a>, and civil penalties of no less than $100,000 per violation under Texas law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas will not tolerate the murdering of innocent life through illegal drug trafficking,&rdquo; Paxton confirmed. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Paxton&rsquo;s orders are part of the larger effort to preserve Texas&rsquo; pro-life status and punish offenders who flout the state&rsquo;s prohibition on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/05\/in-2024-texas-pro-life-laws-saved-countless-women-and-unborn-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion of any kind beyond six weeks gestation<\/a>. In the press release accompanying the cease and desist letters, Paxton noted that he decided to take legal action after &ldquo;two tragic cases in Texas in which radical abortion activists and organizations facilitated men illegally purchasing abortion-inducing drugs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Organizations like Plan C and Her Safe Harbor advertise abortion pills by mail and promise delivery to Texas within days, likely in violation of both the federal Comstock Act and multiple provisions of Texas law, including the Human Life Protection Act,&rdquo; Paxton warned.<\/p>\n<p>Plan C did not immediately respond to The Federalist&rsquo;s request for comment on whether it would comply with Paxton. The Federalist also reached out to Aid Access and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.remycoeytaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. R&eacute;my Coeytaux<\/a>, but did not receive an immediate response. Her Safe Harbor <a href=\"https:\/\/hersafeharbor.substack.com\/p\/ken-paxton-is-coming-for-her-safe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> in a Substack post titled &ldquo;Ken Paxton Is Coming for Her Safe Harbor&rdquo; published on Thursday, however, that &ldquo;we are not backing down.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the Republican<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/16\/republicans-serious-about-protecting-life-should-follow-texas-in-prosecuting-abortion-pill-outlaws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> sued<\/a> a New York doctor for prescribing a Texas woman an abortion pill that not only killed her unborn child but also sent her to the hospital with life-threatening complications.<\/p>\n<p>Since that petition for injunctive relief was filed, multiple other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-abortion-rights-amendment-advances-after-ballot-language-approved\/\" title=\"Ohio abortion rights amendment advances after ballot language approved\">abortion pill lawsuits<\/a> have been filed in Texas. Earlier this month, a Texas woman <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/11\/man-allegedly-murdered-his-unborn-baby-by-spiking-her-moms-hot-cocoa-with-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a> Aid Access and her former neighbor over the wrongful death of her baby after the man who impregnated her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >allegedly slipped pregnancy-ending pills<\/a> into her hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>In one criminal case, an alleged U.S. Department of Justice employee was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/11\/tx-man-arrested-after-allegedly-poisoning-his-girlfriend-murdering-his-child-with-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested on a capital murder charge<\/a> after he was accused of poisoning his girlfriend with an abortion drug that caused the death of their preborn baby.<\/p>\n<p>Other states have also taken action to curb the prevalence of mail-order mifepristone. In Missouri, Attorney General Andrew Bailey <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/missouri-ag-sues-planned-parenthood-for-falsely-advertising-dangerous-abortion-drug-as-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a> Planned Parenthood Federation of America for &ldquo;endangering the lives of women and girls across the country&rdquo; by claiming the abortion drug regimen is &ldquo;safer&rdquo; than Tylenol.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/18\/media-democrats-blame-pro-lifers-after-the-abortion-pill-they-promote-killed-a-woman-and-her-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corporate media<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/20\/the-abortion-lies-kamala-will-spew-in-atlanta-are-the-ones-that-killed-amber-thurman-and-candi-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> try to blame pro-life laws like Texas&rsquo; for the suffering and even death of women&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/20\/amber-thurman-died-from-the-abortion-pill-not-pro-life-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who ingested abortion pills<\/a>. As Paxton has repeatedly noted, however, the people touting the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/28\/study-abortion-lobby-medias-claims-that-mifepristone-is-safer-than-tylenol-are-hogwash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">popular and dangerous abortion drug<\/a> are not above the law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Jordan Boyd<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanboydtx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@jordanboydtx<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/jordandavidson\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Abortion<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/abortion-pill\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">abortion pill<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/aid-access\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Aid Access<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/her-safe-harbor\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Her Safe Harbor<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Ken Paxton<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/mifepristone\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">mifepristone<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/plan-c\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Plan C<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/texas\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas AG Paxton issues cease and desist to abortion pill dealers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2477317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36264,61718,51050,18466,3694],"class_list":["post-2477316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortion-pill","tag-illegal-trafficking","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-paxton","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477320,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477316\/revisions\/2477320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}