Overview

• Liana Davis filed the lawsuit Aug. 11–12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, accusing Capt. Christopher Cooprider of secretly dissolving mifepristone and misoprostol into her hot chocolate on April 5 to induce a miscarriage at eight weeks.
• The complaint names Aid Access and its founder, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, alleging the Austria-based provider violated federal and Texas laws by shipping abortion pills without consent.
• Davis submitted text-message screenshots and pill packaging to Corpus Christi police, who have stated there is no active criminal investigation into Cooprider’s conduct.
• The U.S. Marine Corps Training Command confirmed awareness of the civil suit and said Capt. Cooprider remains on active duty, declining further comment on the matter.
• Legal experts and the suit’s attorney, Jonathan Mitchell, describe the filing as part of a wider effort to use dormant federal statutes and state laws to restrict mail-order medication abortion access.