Louisiana grand jury indicts California physician Coeytaux for mailing abortion pills

A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted California physician Dr. Rémy Coeytaux for criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs after he mailed mifepristone to Louisiana resident Rosalie Markezich in October 2023. Coeytaux practiced under California law, which shields out-of-state providers from liability for cross-border prescriptions. The indictment put telemedicine abortion providers nationwide on notice that states with abortion bans could seek criminal prosecution for pills mailed across state lines.