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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a Delaware-based nurse practitioner, alleging she illegally shipped abortion-inducing drugs to women across Texas in violation of state law.<\/p>\n Allegations of illegal shipments <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n A petition was filed in Jefferson County district court<\/a>, just east of Houston, and names Debra Lynch, a nurse practitioner who operates an online women\u2019s health clinic known as Her Safe Harbor.\u00a0<\/p>\n The state alleges Lynch prescribed and mailed abortion drugs, including mifepristone and misoprostol, from Delaware to Texas residents despite Texas\u2019 near-total abortion ban. In a press release on Tuesday, Paxton states that the clinic “routinely” sends these abortion drugs across state lines.<\/p>\n Mifepristone and misoprostol (Photo illustration by Natalie Behring\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n According to the petition, Lynch is not licensed as a physician in Texas and operates a telemedicine service that advertises abortion pills by mail nationwide. The state specifically names Texas cities such as Beaumont, Houston, El Paso, Tomball and Fulshear.<\/p>\n Potential penalties and evidence <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Each shipment constitutes a separate violation of the state\u2019s Human Life Protection Act<\/a>, the lawsuit claims, exposing the defendants to civil penalties of at least $100,000 per violation and a potential criminal penalty of anywhere from two years to life in prison.<\/p>\n The petition cites previous media interviews in which Lynch acknowledged shipping abortion drugs to Texas. One interview referenced in the filing was with the Austin American-Statesman on January 16, 2025, in which Lynch said she and her staff “mail a lot [of abortion drugs] to Texas.”\u00a0<\/p>\n (Photo by Michael B. Thomas\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n The petition continues to ask the court for temporary and permanent injunctions barring Lynch and her organization from continuing operations in Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The day of reckoning for this radical out-of-state abortion drug trafficker is here,” Paxton said in a statement. “No one, regardless of where they live, will be freely allowed to aid in the murder of unborn children in Texas.”<\/p>\n August 2025 cease-and-desist ignored <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n The January filing follows an earlier enforcement effort by Paxton\u2019s office. In August 2025, the attorney general issued a cease-and-desist letter<\/a> ordering Lynch and Her Safe Harbor to immediately stop advertising and mailing abortion drugs into Texas.<\/p>\n The letter warned that the clinic could face lawsuits, injunctions and civil penalties if it failed to comply.<\/p>\n According to the lawsuit, the attorney general\u2019s office did not receive a response to the cease-and-desist notice, and Lynch later told Medscape.com that Her Safe Harbor continued operating despite legal threats.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Paxton has also taken enforcement action against other abortion-pill providers, including Plan C and an affiliate of Aid Access, ordering them to stop facilitating shipments of abortion drugs to Texas residents.<\/p>\n Case status <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Court records show the state is seeking injunctive relief, civil penalties, and attorneys\u2019 fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n The case remains pending as of Jan. 28, 2026.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this article was provided by the Attorney General of Texas. 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