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Coral Murphy Marcos in New York

Texas attorney general who tried to flee abortion subpoena ordered to testify

Ken Paxton must testify in a case brought by pro-choice organizations over possible prosecuting of people who help women seek terminations outside Texas.
Ken Paxton must testify in a case brought by pro-choice organizations over possible prosecuting of people who help women seek terminations outside Texas. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, must testify in court in an abortion lawsuit after a federal judge reversed his decision to quash a subpoena filed by pro-choice interests.

Reproductive rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit against Paxton’s office in August in an attempt to stop possible prosecution of abortion funds that help women seek the procedure outside Texas, which has banned almost all abortion.

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