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Senate advances SB6 to impose civil liability for abortion-inducing drugs; author says bill will "save lives"
Summary
Senate Bill 6, which adds civil liability provisions for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, passed the Senate after floor debate and several suspensions of rules. Supporters framed the bill as addressing illegal mail-order pills; opponents registered no recorded floor statements in the transcript excerpt.
Senators passed SB 6, legislation that creates civil-liability provisions related to the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs.
Senator Hughes, who brought SB 6 to the floor, described the bill in stark terms: "These pills, poisonous illegal pills are being mailed into Texas against the law, harming women, killing little babies, and, yes, even killing moms. This has to stop. This bill will do it," Hughes said on the floor as he moved suspension…
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