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House approves HB 7 to bar manufacturing/distribution of abortion pills into Texas and create private enforcement
Summary
The Texas House approved House Bill 7, which prohibits manufacture, distribution and provision of abortion-inducing drugs into Texas and establishes private and Attorney General enforcement mechanisms, amid sharply divided floor debate over medical exceptions, civil remedies and constitutional risks.
The Texas House approved House Bill 7 on final passage after a contentious floor debate, adopting legislation that bars manufacture, distribution and provision of abortion-inducing drugs into Texas and creates an enforcement structure that includes private qui tam suits and Attorney General remedies.
House Bill 7’s supporters described the measure as targeting commercial operations that market and ship abortion-inducing medications to Texans. Representative Leach, who carried the bill, told the chamber that state law already bans the distribution of those drugs and that HB 7 provides additional enforcement tools for when out-of-state prescribers and distributors send pills into Texas. “This bill protects innocent unborn life and protects their mothers,” he said during his layout.
Opponents said the bill replaces ordinary law-enforcement channels with private enforcement and…
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