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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Jessica Shuran Yu and Hayden Betts

Texas capital murder case attempts to severely punish abortion pill use by treating a fetus as a person

A pharmacist poses with pills of Misoprostol, made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on June 19, 2019.
A pharmacist poses with pills of Misoprostol, made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on June 19, 2019. (Credit: REUTERS/George Frey)

A North Texas man charged with capital murder this month after he allegedly slipped his girlfriend abortion-inducing medication and caused a miscarriage marks the first time a murder charge has been brought in an abortion-related case in Texas.

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