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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Michelle Del Rey

Texas lawmaker introduces law banning sex toys from drugstores

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill barring sex toys from state drugstores - (Getty Images)

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban dildos and vibrators from pharmacies across the state, arguing that children should not be exposed to “obscene devices” while visiting drugstores.

H.B. 1549, authored by newly-elected state Representative Hillary Hickland, a Republican representing Temple, seeks to prohibit the sale of sex toys in businesses unless they are “sexually oriented.”

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