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Mary Tuma in Austin

Texas lawmakers take aim at abortion pills in new legislative session

people hold signs in support of abortion access
Abortion rights supporters protest in Houston, Texas, on 24 June 2022. Photograph: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters

As the Texas legislature convenes in Austin on Tuesday for the first day of its 2025 session, a number of anti-abortion bills have already been filed, largely aimed at halting the flow of abortion pills into the state.

The bills were crafted to stop what is widely viewed as a loophole in abortion bans across the country, as pills have helped mitigate the impact of the bans now dotting the US. Texas Right to Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion advocacy group, has had a hand in drafting a number of the bills, and is encouraging men to sue people who have supported their partners’ abortions.

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