May abortion already be forbidden in Texashowever pill of the next day.
In particular, the majority of the Senate, who are Republicans, of this conservative state, today approved (04.09.2025) bill that gives citizens the right to sue anyone who facilitates the pill of abortion, known as the pill next day.
The bill, passed in late August by the Parliament of State representatives, must now be signed by conservative ruler Greg Abbott.
Senators of the local Congress of Texas voted the legislation with 17 votes in favor of 9according to the Senate website of Texas.
With ratification, the law will give any citizen the right, even without a legitimate interest, to sue any potential offender, with compensation of at least $ 100,000.
Although the bill does not provide for prosecution against women seeking to take these pills, The bill prohibits prescription, preparation or sending pills.
The law marks a new victory for the anti -abortion movement in the US, which has been reinforced after the decision of the Supreme Court of 2022 and the overthrow of the REE v. Wade ”, which has protected the right of women since 1973 to a voluntary interruption of pregnancy, and allowed each state to legislate separately on the subject.
“This law concerns the protection of the young baby who grows up in his mother’s womb,” said Republican Senator Brian Hughes with a post on X.
“This law is to ensure that the Big Pharma (b. Grandfriters) can no longer send toxic pills to Texas exclusively to swell their profits at the expense of life,” the conservative senator added.
The bill ‘It gives the Texan role of hunters in the groomed“, She said, expressing the regret of democratic senator Carol Alvarado, according to the New York Times.
After the ROE v decision has been overturned. Wade, About 20 US states have banned or severely restricted access to voluntary interruption of pregnancy.
Texas prohibits all abortions, including cases of incest or rape, except in cases of life or severe disability for the mother.
To one Doctor from New York has recently been fined $ 100,000 in Texas and faces criminal charges in Louisiana for the Distance recording of abortion pills in patients residing in these southern states.
In Texas, a man sued a California doctor in July 2025, accusing him of sending abortion pills to his girlfriend.