In a federal wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Texas, Liana Davis accuses Christopher Cooprider, a U.S. Marine and the father of her unborn child, of murdering her unborn child. Davis alleges that, after she repeatedly declined his requests for an abortion, Cooprider laced her hot beverage with abortion-inducing pills—obtained from the telemedicine provider Aid Access—without her knowledge or consent. The result, Davis claims, was a miscarriage at approximately eight weeks.
According to Davis’s complaint, Cooprider repeatedly pressured her to abort their child. Despite Davis’s consistent refusal, he brought abortion pills to her home in hopes she would yield. The lawsuit cites text message evidence in which Cooprider referred to the unborn child as a “failure” and belittled Davis’s wishes to carry the pregnancy to term.
The lawsuit further names Aid Access and its founder, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, as defendants. Davis’s legal team argues that the organization knowingly shipped abortion pills into Texas—a state where nearly all abortions are banned—violating both state laws and the federal Comstock Act, which restricts the mailing of abortion-related materials. The lawsuit is spearheaded by pro-life attorney Jonathan Mitchell, notable for crafting Texas’s six-week abortion ban.
This case brings out the dangers of abortion, especially those connected with the easy access to abortion pills and the common practice of shipping them across state lines. In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, abortion pills and transferring them across state lines has become one of the primary issues faced by the pro-life movement. The abuse present in this case shows how dangerous abortion pills can be, and the result of this case will surely have far reaching effects on the safeguards put in place for both women and their unborn children.
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