Abortion drug network sued for shipping illegal pills to Texans
February 27, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing abortion drug provider Aid Access, accusing them of violating the Human Life Protection Act by illegally shipping abortion drugs to Texas in defiance of state law.
The Christian Post reports that a complaint filed this week in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, alleges that Aid Access and its associates are overseeing “an international abortion-by-mail enterprise” and illegally shipping abortion-inducing drugs into Texas.
Aid Access is accused of endangering the lives of unborn children and their mothers as well as violating state prohibitions on the unlicensed practice of medicine found in the Texas Occupations Code and the Texas Health and Safety Code.
According to the complaint, “Aid Access is a notorious part of a growing network of out-of-state abortion traffickers that deliberately target Texas residents and defy this State’s duly enacted protections for unborn children and their mothers.”
The complaint continues, “This Court should act swiftly to enjoin Defendants from continuing to operate their illegal scheme and impose civil penalties required by law for each violation of the Human Life Protection Act and related statutes.”
Founded by Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gompers in 2018, Aid Access provides abortion drugs online for women in the United States, especially those living in states with abortion bans in place.
The organization claims to have facilitated over 200,000 online abortions to women in the U.S. since its launch.
Defendants named in the lawsuit include California resident Dr. Remy Coeytaux, Netherlands citizen Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, the Austria-based Aid Access GmbH and the Netherlands-based Aid Access B.V.
According to the Christian Post, last year, Texas passed a law allowing individuals to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, mails or provides abortion drugs to people in Texas.
Paxton vowed to continue to defend the lives of the unborn and added, “Every unborn child is a life worth protecting, and Texas law reflects that fundamental truth. Radicals sending abortion-inducing drugs into our state will be held accountable for ending innocent life.”
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