BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has indicted a California doctor for allegedly trafficking illegal abortion pills in violation of Louisiana law.
Coeytaux
Remy Coeytaux has been charged in St. Tammany Parish with Criminal Abortion by Means of Abortion-Inducing Drugs, a violation of state law. The crime carries the penalty of one to 50 years at hard labor and fines, depending on the circumstances.
Coeytaux has been sued in Texas on similar charges.
A criminal arrest warrant has been signed for Coeytaux, and his name has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). An extradition request has been sent to Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The warrant says Coeytaux can be found in Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California.
Murrill
“This is not healthcare; it’s drug dealing,” Murrill said. “Individuals who flagrantly and intentionally violate our laws by sending illegal abortion pills into our state placing women in danger.
“We’ve seen the proof of that, with women showing up in emergency rooms after taking these pills and being coerced into abortions.”
According to the warrant, special agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation were assigned in March 2024 to investigate an abortion that took place in St. Tammany Parish.
The complainant, who said she learned she was pregnant in October 2023 and learned of the drugs Mifepristone and Misoprostol, said she located a company called AidAccess, an Austria-based business that prescribes and ships said drugs throughout the United States. After completing the online forms, she said she was instructed to send a $150 payment via Venmo
Several days after sending payment, she said received Mifepristone and Misoprostol via the United States Postal Service at her residence, and she took the medication, causing the termination of her pregnancy.
With the postal tracking number of the package, the special agents were able to confirm that it was sent from Coeytaux from a post office box for a business in his name out of the same jurisdiction.
The case will be prosecuted by District Attorney Collins Sims in the 22nd Judicial District Court unless he recuses himself from the case. A similar case with a New York doctor is being handled by District Attorney Tony Clayton in the 18th Judicial District Court.
These and similar other cases are still under investigation by the attorney general’s office and the Louisiana Department of Justice.
Murrill is set to testify Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pension about the dangers of mail-order abortion drugs.
