Texas Abortion Pill Bill Stalls in House as Legislative Session Nears End

Texas abortion pill bill stalls in House as legislative session nears end

The Texas Senate passed a bill allowing $100,000 lawsuits against anyone who manufactures, distributes, or mails abortion medication, but the legislation appears stalled in the House with the legislative session ending Monday. Republicans frame it as enforcing existing law and protecting women's safety, while Democrats view it as overreach. The bill would allow lawsuits up to $100,000 against anyone involved in providing abortion medication With…

Bill curbing the flow of abortion pills into Texas likely dead

Proponents of SB 2880 have singled out Rep. Ken King, House State Affairs committee chair, for letting the bill languish.

Extreme Texas Abortion Pill Bill, Seen as National Model, Fails to Advance

A sweeping Texas bill that would have enabled $100,000 lawsuits against anyone providing abortion pills failed to advance after intense public scrutiny and despite heavy lobbying from antiabortion groups and backing from top Republican leaders. “The antiabortion movement knows if they want to stop abortion in the future, they have to stop pills, but historically, that’s a hard thing to do,” said David Cohen, a law professor at Drexel University …

Texas Came Way Too Close to Passing Bill Making It Harder to Challenge Anti-Abortion Laws in Court

For years now, the Texas legislature has been providing the blueprint for anti-abortion state legislatures across the country—which is why a bill that just passed the Texas Senate on Friday should be a particular cause for concern, even though it will not advance for a full state House vote. Among many things—including allowing anyone in the state to sue those who manufacture, mail, or deliver medication abortion to a Texas resident for $100,000…

Several Proposed GOP Bills Run Out Of Time In Texas House – 710am KURV

Several Republican priorities no longer have time to be passed into law in the current legislative session. Any Senate bills that hadn’t received the preliminary approval of the House by Tuesday can’t be passed before the session ends on June 2nd. The failed bills include a crackdown on abortion pills being sent into Texas from other states, required proof of citizenship for voting, and a bill to keep biological men out of women’s bathrooms in p…

Texas House Kills Bill That Could Have Saved 19,000 Babies a Year

The Texas House failed to pass the Woman and Child Protection Act (SB 2880/HB 5510) on Tuesday, leaving preborn children prey to mail-order abortion pills for the foreseeable future. The bill died after Chairman Ken King (R–Canadian) slow-walked the measure for nearly a month, despite pressure from hundreds of Pro-Life Texans. The Woman and Child Protection Act ranked as the top Pro-Life bill of 2025, as it would have stopped the biggest threat …