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Texas lawmakers propose abortion pill bill that can’t be challenged in state courts
- Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes sponsored Senate Bill 2880, which the Texas Senate passed last week to allow lawsuits over abortion-inducing drugs within the state.
- The bill builds on the 2021 Texas abortion ban by expanding wrongful death statutes and forbids challenges in state courts while still permitting federal court review.
- SB 2880 enables family members, especially biological fathers, to sue providers of abortion drugs up to six years after use, with potential penalties up to $100,000.
- Legal experts called the bill unprecedented and shocking, with some saying 'any first year law student would recoil' and emphasizing its drastic overreach on judicial review.
- The bill aims to stem the flow of abortion pills into Texas, but critics warn it could harm residents and may have wider legal implications beyond abortion access.
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Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Includes Provision Barring Judicial Review of Its Legality
Texas’s State Senate has passed an anti-abortion bill that seeks to punish anyone who distributes abortion medication with huge fines — and it includes a provision forbidding any state court from reviewing its constitutionality. Senate Bill 2880 allows anyone in the state to sue someone “who manufactures, distributes, mails, prescribes, or provides an abortion-inducing drug. Source
Residents of Albany, Texas Urge Leaders to Make Their City a “Sanctuary for the Unborn”
On Monday, May 12, the City Council of Albany, Texas, heard from citizens wanting to see their city pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn (SCFTU) ordinance further outlawing abortion. This was the second time the city council heard from a room full of citizens in support of the measure. Prior to the council meeting last month on April 14, the Mayor and City Council received several documents in support of the proposed Albany SCFTU Ordinance, incl…
Texas Lawmakers Propose Abortion Pill Bill that Can’t be Challenged in State Courts
In 2021, when Texas passed an abortion ban enforced through private lawsuits, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sarcastically derided the architects of the law as “some geniuses” who’d found the “chink in the armor” to sidestep Roe v. Wade. Four years later, those same folks are back with a new play to restrict the flow of abortion-inducing drugs into the state and a fresh set of never-before-seen legal tools that experts say would undermin…
Denton Record-Chronicle
Texas lawmakers propose abortion pill bill that can’t be challenged in state courts
In 2021, when Texas passed an abortion ban enforced through private lawsuits, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sarcastically derided the architects of the law as “some geniuses” who’d found the “chink in the armor” to sidestep Roe v. Wade.
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