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Politics : View from the Center and Left Texas Annex

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From: S. maltophilia8/29/2025 12:37:44 PM
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Texas Lawmakers Back Citizen Lawsuits to Stop Mail-Order Abortion Pills
Legislation aimed at curtailing mail-order abortions in Texas cleared a decisive hurdle, part of a broader push by abortion opponents to limit the procedure even in states where it is legal.

Reporting from Houston

Published Aug. 28, 2025 Updated Aug. 29, 2025, 9:52 a.m. ET
Lawmakers in Texas moved decisively on Thursday to curtail the distribution of mail-order abortion medications from states like New York and California, allowing nearly anyone to sue doctors, distributors and manufacturers anywhere in the country and collect cash awards.

Supporters hope and opponents fear the legislation, nearing final passage in Texas, will serve as a model for other states to limit medication abortion by promoting a rash of lawsuits against medical providers, pharmaceutical companies and companies such as FedEx or UPS that may ship the drugs.

If the legislation works as hoped, abortion opponents say, the availability of medication abortion could become more limited, even in states where abortion remains legal, because....

nytimes.com

Whatever happened to the repturds' hollering about tort reform?
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