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New York Times
5 days ago
- Health
- New York Times
Woman Claims Marine Laced Her Drink With Abortion Pills
A Texas woman accused a U.S. Marine in a lawsuit on Monday of lacing her drink with abortion pills, terminating her pregnancy against her wishes. The woman, Liana Davis, 37, claims that Christopher Cooprider, 34, a U.S. Marine Corps Captain from Arizona who she says impregnated her, secretly dissolved 10 pills of misoprostol, a drug used in medical abortions, in a hot chocolate he made for her on April 5. She made the accusation in a civil complaint filed in a federal court in Texas.. Shortly after drinking the beverage, the complaint says, Ms. Davis began bleeding and went to the hospital, where she lost her pregnancy. The lawsuit also names Aid Access, a major seller of abortion pills online, as a defendant. Ms. Davis said in the lawsuit that Mr. Cooprider used Aid Access to obtain the pills. The suit named the founder of Aid Access, the Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, as a third defendant. Mr. Cooprider, a flight student with the U.S. Marines in Corpus Christi, Texas, declined to comment on the lawsuit or say if he had a lawyer. The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement that it was aware of a civil lawsuit involving one of its aviation students but that no additional information was available. In a statement, Dr. Gomperts pointed to Aid Access's role in providing 'essential, lifesaving health care' for vulnerable women. Ms. Davis became pregnant by Mr. Cooprider in early 2025, the lawsuit claims. Text messages included in the lawsuit and said to be from Ms. Davis to Mr. Cooprider describe the pregnancy as 'unplanned.' In one message she called herself Mr. Cooprider's 'mistress.' The lawsuit says that Ms. Davis has three children with her husband, with whom she was in divorce proceedings. According to the messages, Mr. Cooprider told Ms. Davis that he wanted her to have an abortion, even before she had confirmed her pregnancy with a test. Ms. Davis texted Mr. Cooprider on Jan. 31, 2025, for his thoughts on her possible pregnancy, and he responded, 'Get rid of it,' the lawsuit said. Mr. Cooprider added that the two were not in love or a couple, and that bringing a child into the world would be 'messed up,' according to the lawsuit. On Feb. 3, Mr. Cooprider sent a text message saying that if the pregnancy test was 'positive then we need to schedule a clinic visit and get an abortion pill asap,' according to the complaint. On Feb. 5, Mr. Cooprider texted Ms. Davis and said he was going to order abortion pills for her, according to the complaint, a step it said Ms. Davis opposed. On Feb. 6, Mr. Cooprider purchased pills from Aid Access, according to the lawsuit. 'I'm not OK with you buying something like that w/o my permission,' Ms. Davis wrote him, according to the complaint. Mr. Cooprider brought the pills to Ms. Davis's home and repeatedly asked her to take them, according to the lawsuit. Pictures included in the lawsuit show two containers of abortion drugs labeled 'Chris Cooprider.' The text exchanges grew more heated over several weeks, then took an abrupt turn. In early April, the lawsuit says, Mr. Cooprider texted Ms. Davis to propose a 'trust building night' where he would make them 'warm relaxing tea.' Mr. Cooprider went to Ms. Davis's home on April 5, where he made her a hot chocolate, according to the lawsuit. Ms. Davis was eight weeks pregnant at the time, the lawsuit said. According to the lawsuit, she began hemorrhaging and cramping within 30 minutes of drinking the beverage. Mr. Cooprider said he would drive to get Ms. Davis's mother, who lived nearby, the lawsuit said. The plan was that she would mind Ms. Davis's three children, and Mr. Cooprider could then drive Ms. Davis to the emergency room. But after leaving to get Ms. Davis's mother around 12:10 a.m., Mr. Cooprider stopped responding to calls and texts, and did not pick her up, according to the lawsuit. Screenshots of text messages included in the lawsuit show Ms. Davis repeatedly texting Mr. Cooprider, including one sent at 12:34 a.m. saying: 'I'm gushing blood. Please hurry.' Ms. Davis sent her mother money for an Uber just before 1 a.m., around the same time Mr. Cooprider responded to the text messages, the lawsuit said. He apologized and told her he had a flight in the morning, according to the complaint, and then stopped answering. Before leaving the house, Ms. Davis found the opened packets of pills, the lawsuit said. A neighbor drove Ms. Davis to a Bay Area hospital's emergency room, where she lost the pregnancy, according to the complaint. Ms. Davis brought the pill bottles with her to the emergency room and gave them to the Corpus Christi Police Department, according to the lawsuit. The Police Department said a detective investigated the allegations and shared the results with the Nueces County District Attorney's Office. 'After careful review, both agencies concluded that the elements of a crime could not be established, and the investigation was subsequently closed as unfounded,' Madeline Vaughn, a spokeswoman with the department, said in a statement. Ms. Davis's suit seeks punitive damages from the defendants. It did not give a figure, but said the amount was greater than $75,000. Sheelagh McNeill contributed research.
The Independent
12-08-2025
- The Independent
Marine sued after Texas woman claims he spiked her drink with abortion drugs, killing unborn child
A Marine has been sued after a Texas woman claims he spiked her drink with abortion drugs, killing their unborn child. In a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court Monday, Liana Davis accused Christopher Cooprider, an Arizona Marine stationed in Corpus Christie, of 'tricking' her into drinking hot chocolate laced with abortion drugs he's accused of purchasing from Aid Access, an online service that ships abortion pills. Davis shared multiple text messages which the lawsuit claims were between her and Cooprider regarding her pregnancy. Even before Davis took a pregnancy test, Cooprider allegedly said, 'I would like to get rid of it,' according to a message exchange from January 31. When Cooprider learned Davis tested positive for pregnancy on February 4, he said, 'Get rid of it,' the texts show, according to the lawsuit. The two would go back and forth for months with Cooprider insisting Davis get an abortion and Davis adamant she was keeping her unborn daughter, according to the text messages in the lawsuit. He's accused of threatening to testify against Davis in her ongoing divorce proceeding from her abusive husband, in which she was fighting for custody of her three children, writing, 'Wonder if i could help him in his legal proceedings with his crazy ex,' the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit claims Cooprider bought abortion pills from Aid Access, despite her 'explicit instructions' not to do so. Cooprider 'repeatedly brought the drugs to Davis's house when he came to visit,' according to the lawsuit. 'All of this disturbed Ms. Davis, who disliked having Cooprider's abortion pills in her home.' On April 2, Coopridger is accused of suggesting he and Davis have a 'trust building night,' telling Davis, 'I could make us some warm relaxing tea,' according to the text messages in the lawsuit. Davis agreed and said Coopridger came to her house on the night of April 5, where he made them hot chocolate he brought from his apartment, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims Davis started 'hemorrhaging and cramping' within 30 minutes of drinking the hot chocolate. Cooprider said he would pick up Davis' disabled mother and drive her to Davis' house so she could stay with Davis' children, who were sleeping upstairs, while they went to the emergency room, the lawsuit claims. After Cooprider left Davis' house, he stopped answering his phone, so Davis 'hobbled to a neighbor's house and banged on her door to ask for a ride to the emergency room,' according to the lawsuit. The neighbor agreed to give Davis a ride to the emergency room but it was too late for her pregnancy, she claims. 'Baby Joy died at eight weeks LMP [Last Menstrual Period], murdered by her own father,' the lawsuit claims. The Independent has reached out to Aid Access and made attempts to contact Coopridger for comment. The lawsuit alleges Davis found the box of abortion pills Coopridger had purchased from Aid Access with the mifepristone pill missing. Davis has sued Cooprider, Aid Access and Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, who founded Aid Access, for an undisclosed amount of damages.
Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Texas woman sues Marine, claiming he spiked her drink with abortion pills
A Texas woman is suing a U.S. Marine, alleging he spiked her drink with nearly a dozen abortion pills, killing their unborn child, after she rebuffed his repeated requests to 'get rid of it,' according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court Monday. Liana Davis alleges Christopher Cooprider secretly dissolved at least 10 abortion pills into a cup of hot chocolate that he prepared for her April 5 and then left the house and stopped responding as she profusely bled, the suit says. Cooprider, 34, declined to comment Monday. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, contains several purported text messages the pair exchanged for weeks, beginning Jan. 31, when Davis asked Cooprider for his input in case she is confirmed to be pregnant. Cooprider said he 'would like to get rid of it,' the texts show, saying the two were 'not in love' or together and that it would be 'messed up to bring a child into the world without both parents raising them.' When Cooprider reiterated his desire for Davis to 'get rid of it' after her pregnancy test came back positive days later, she asked him to use a different phrase. 'Every time you say 'get rid of it' it's like an electric shock,' she wrote, according to the lawsuit. 'I literally feel like I'm going down the steepest hill on a roller coaster when I read that.' The following text messages allegedly show Cooprider telling Davis, without her approval, that he would order abortion pills online. The pills were purchased from Aid Access, an online service that ships abortion pills to Americans from abroad, according to the lawsuit. Aid Access, and Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch physician who runs it, are also listed as defendants in the lawsuit. They did not immediately return requests for comment. For the next several weeks, Cooprider was unable to convince Davis to get an abortion, and the text messages grew more contentious. On March 6, Cooprider called the baby a 'thing' and blamed Davis for her 'psycho mentality' that he said caused her ongoing divorce. The lawsuit says Cooprider also threatened to testify against Davis in her divorce proceeding and bid to have custody of her three children. At the end of March, Cooprider texted that he wanted to 'abort this monstrosity of a situation' and said he felt 'trapped' by the situation. But on April 2, Cooprider appeared to change his tone in text messages to Davis. He proposed making them 'some warm relaxing tea' in what they could call a 'trust building night,' according to screenshots shared in the lawsuit. Davis, who was eight weeks pregnant, accepted. When the two met up at Davis' Corpus Christi residence on the night of April 5, Cooprider handed her a cup of hot chocolate shortly before midnight, according to the lawsuit. Within 30 minutes of drinking it, the suit says, Davis began hemorrhaging and cramping. Davis knew she had to go to the emergency room, but she knew she could not leave her three children who were sleeping upstairs, the suit said. They came up with a plan for Cooprider to pick up Davis' mother, who lived nearby, so she could watch the children while Cooprider took Davis to the hospital. But once Cooprider left the house, he became unreachable, according to the lawsuit. 'I am gushing blood. Please hurry,' Davis texted him around 12:30 a.m. Davis's mother took an Uber ride to her daughter's house around 1 a.m. Around that time, Cooprider apologized and said he had to catch a flight the next day, the suit said. A neighbor drove Davis to the hospital, where her unborn baby, whom she had named Joy, did not survive. Back home, Davis said she found the opened box of abortion pills and a pill bottle, which she turned over to the Corpus Christi police, according to the lawsuit. The suit claims Cooprider mixed 10 misoprostol pills into the hot chocolate. The Corpus Christi Police Department said there are no active investigations involving Cooprider. The Marine Corps did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This article was originally published on Solve the daily Crossword
The Guardian
11-08-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
Texas woman files wrongful death suit saying she was dosed with abortion pills
A Texas woman has sued a man she says dosed her with abortion pills against her will as well as the provider who she says supplied the pills. The woman, Liana Davis, on Monday filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the telemedicine abortion service Aid Access and its founder, Dr Rebecca Gomperts, as well as a man named Christopher Cooprider, a US marine who Davis said impregnated her and subsequently dosed her with abortion pills. Davis is being represented in the lawsuit by Jonathan Mitchell, a lawyer who masterminded a Texas six-week abortion ban and has become one of the major architects of anti-abortion strategy in the post-Roe v Wade era. Mitchell has represented men in lawsuits who have sued abortion providers after accusing their female partners of undergoing abortions against their wishes, but this case is thought to be the first of its kind with a female plaintiff. After Davis revealed her pregnancy to Cooprider, he repeatedly pressured her to get an abortion and went so far as to order abortion pills online from Aid Access, a service that ships abortion pills to all 50 US states, according to Davis's lawsuit, which includes extensive screenshots of texts between Cooprider and Davis. When Davis refused to take the pills, Cooprider allegedly browbeat her and suggested that he testify against Davis in her ongoing divorce proceeding against her ex-husband. Davis told Cooprider that her ex-husband had physically and emotionally abused both Davis and her three children, the lawsuit alleges. Then, in April 2025, Cooprider proposed that he come over to Davis's house for a 'trust building night', according to the lawsuit. While Davis stepped outside to let her dog in, Cooprider allegedly dissolved at least 10 abortion pills into her hot chocolate. Typically, US abortions consist of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol. While mifepristone is usually swallowed, misoprostol is meant to dissolve slowly in the vagina, under the tongue or in someone's cheeks. Soon afterward, Davis began cramping and bleeding, her lawsuit alleges. Cooprider said that he would pick up Davis's mother, so that she could watch Davis' children while they went to the emergency room. However, Cooprider did not return. Davis then allegedly discovered the box of abortion mifepristone that Cooprider had ordered from Aid Access, which Cooprider had left at her house. The box was empty. Davis also allegedly found an orange pill bottle containing both mifepristone and misoprostol pills. She rushed to the ER but ended up miscarrying eight weeks into her pregnancy. There is no medical test that can determine whether abortion pills, if taken orally, caused the end of a pregnancy. The lawsuit, which was previously reported by Autonomy News, is now seeking 'nominal, compensatory, and punitive damages'. In addition to accusing Cooprider, Aid Access and Gomperts of violating multiple laws in Texas – where virtually all abortions are banned – it alleges that the trio also violated the federal Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-vice law that outlaws the mailing of abortion-related materials. Legal experts long regarded the Comstock Act as a dead letter, since Roe v Wade kept its ban on abortion-related materials from taking effect for decades. However, since the US supreme court overturned Roe in 2022, anti-abortion advocates such as Mitchell say it can now be revived. They have repeatedly cited the Comstock Act in lawsuits, in the hope that courts will decide to let it take full effect. Aid Access, Gomperts and the US marines did not respond to a request for comment. Reached by phone, Cooprider said he had no comment on the lawsuit. Telemedicine groups including Aid Access are currently mailing abortion pills through the use of 'shield laws', which have been enacted in a handful of blue states since Roe fell. These laws, which aim to protect abortion providers from facing civil and criminal liability if they mail pills to people who live in states that ban abortion, have proven critical to post-Roe abortion provision, as abortion pills make up an increasing share of all US abortions. Between 2023 and 2024, Aid Access shipped almost 120,000 packs of abortion pills to US residents, according to a new study released on Monday. However, shield laws have not been tested in court. Recently, Texas sued a New York court official for refusing to fine a New York-based abortion provider, as the official had said that New York's shield law blocked him from enforcing the fine.
