A California doctor this week became the first physician to be sued under a new Texas law that allows private citizens to pursue civil legal action against anyone who provides abortion medication in Texas. AdvertisementThe law allows private citizens to sue doctors to collect damages for pills sent after the law took effect and seek an injunction against anyone who intends to distribute such pills in Texas. Texas’ HB 7 law incentivizes civil lawsuits against practitioners who prescribe abortion medications to women via telehealth, opponents say. Gen. Liz Murrill announced an indictment against Coeytaux, allegedly for “trafficking” illegal abortion pills in violation of state law. But of course when state legislators and state courts are fighting each other, the people who are going to step in and resolve those conflicts are the same federal judges,” Ziegler said.
