California Gov. Gavin Newsom has refused to extradite an abortionist accused of illegally shipping dangerous abortion drugs into Louisiana, denying justice to a woman who suffered lasting emotional trauma after being coerced into taking the pills that killed her unborn child.

Newsom, a Democrat, announced Wednesday that his state would not honor an extradition request from Louisiana for abortioist Rémy Coeytaux, a California abortion pill seller charged with prescribing and mailing mifepristone to Rosalie Markezich, a Louisiana resident, in October 2023.

Markezich, who discovered she was pregnant at the time, was pressured by her boyfriend to obtain the drugs via email from Coeytaux, according to Louisiana officials.

She now grieves the loss of her child and endures ongoing emotional harm from the experience.

“Louisiana’s request is denied,” Newsom said in a statement. “We will not allow extremist politicians from other states to reach into California and try to punish doctors based on allegations that they provided reproductive health care services. Not today. Not ever.”

The decision came one day after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed the extradition paperwork to bring Coeytaux to justice for violating the state’s abortion ban, which took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022….

From LifeNews