{"id":330499,"date":"2025-04-30T14:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=330499"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:51:15","slug":"texas-senate-bill-stop-illegal-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-senate-bill-stop-illegal-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Senate passes bill aiming to stop flow of illegal abortion pills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Texas Senate has passed a bill to allow citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, mails, or distributes abortion pills in Texas for $100,000.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 2880<\/a> would help expand the Texas Heartbeat Act<\/a>, which was passed in 2021. Under the Texas Heartbeat Act, abortions cannot be committed after a preborn child’s heartbeat is detected, which is typically around 21 days gestation. The law is unique because rather than enacting criminal penalties, it allowed individual citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who violates the law.<\/p>\n

The House version of the bill, HB 5510<\/a>, is currently still sitting in committee. Rep. Briscoe Cain tweeted on April 30, “House Bill 5510, the Women and Child Protection Act, which saves babies and protects women from the devastating harm of being exposed to dangerous Chemical Abortion Pills is stuck in the House State Affairs Committee. Here’s how you can help. He then followed up by tweeting, “Tell the House State Affairs Committee to vote out the Women and Child Protection Act!”<\/p>\n

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Pro-Life Bill Alert \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

House Bill 5510, the Women and Child Protection Act, which saves babies and protects women from the devastating harm of being exposed to dangerous Chemical Abortion Pills is stuck in the House State Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you can help \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n

\u2014 Briscoe Cain (@BriscoeCain) April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n