Man sues over girlfriend’s abortion in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit

[Zincwarrior]

Texas man is suing a Texas doctor over his girlfriend's abortion. California has a shield law.

Man sues over girlfriend’s abortion in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/25/doctor-sued-abortion-pill-shield-law/

A Texas man whose girlfriend used abortion pills to end her pregnancy is suing a California doctor who allegedly mailed her the medication in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind wrongful-death lawsuit — and a fresh test of federal and state abortion laws.


The complaint, filed in a Texas federal court, accuses the doctor of violating state law that prohibits performing or facilitating an abortion, including by distributing pills. But California, where the physician is based, has a “shield” law explicitly protecting providers who mail abortion pills, including to states where the procedure is banned.

The case appears to be the first time an interstate wrongful-death claim over an abortion has been filed in federal court. It is also the latest legal challenge against a provider as antiabortion activists attempt to curb the flow of abortion pills, which are being mailed into all 50 states under shield laws passed after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

 

[Donald H]

Good for Trump's America

It's just settled the debate over men's control over a woman's body.

 

[Orangecat]

Good for Trump's America

It's just settled the debate over men's control over a woman's body.

I think it’s more about the control of the third body, made by a man and a woman, that resides with the woman’s womb during the initial stages of its life.

 

[TNHarley]

Good lord. Just leave womens bodies alone FFS.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Interesting wrinkles. This is a Fed suit alleging the Comstock act. Second, at the time she was legally married so the presumption of parentage is NOT with him.

 

[1srelluc]

Blah, too many laws and, worse yet, lawyers.

For every beef there's a lawyer looking to make bank.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

But California, where the physician is based, has a “shield” law explicitly protecting providers who mail abortion pills, including to states where the procedure is banned.

Good.

Texas and the idiot who filed suit can pound sand.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

We all know women belong to men.

What's the problem?

 

[Captain Caveman]

Good lord. Just leave womens bodies alone FFS.

She needs to take responsibility of her choice. Her choice was not to have kids, get pregnant, and then abort it without talking to the father. Folk need mature up and take the subject seriously.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Texas man is suing a Texas doctor over his girlfriend's abortion. California has a shield law.

Man sues over girlfriend’s abortion in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/25/doctor-sued-abortion-pill-shield-law/

A Texas man whose girlfriend used abortion pills to end her pregnancy is suing a California doctor who allegedly mailed her the medication in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind wrongful-death lawsuit — and a fresh test of federal and state abortion laws.


The complaint, filed in a Texas federal court, accuses the doctor of violating state law that prohibits performing or facilitating an abortion, including by distributing pills. But California, where the physician is based, has a “shield” law explicitly protecting providers who mail abortion pills, including to states where the procedure is banned.

The case appears to be the first time an interstate wrongful-death claim over an abortion has been filed in federal court. It is also the latest legal challenge against a provider as antiabortion activists attempt to curb the flow of abortion pills, which are being mailed into all 50 states under shield laws passed after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Pay wall citation. Do better!

 

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