New Texas law allows residents to sue those suspected of providing access to abortion pills

[cbabe]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/texas-law-abortion-pill-access-lawsuit

New Texas law allows residents to sue those suspected of providing access to abortion pills

Abortion providers, and even manufacturers, will be liable for penalties over pills mailed into the state

Carter Sherman
Thu 4 Dec 2025 07.00 EST

Residents of Texas can now sue people who they suspect of making, distributing or mailing abortion pills in or out of the state, in a first-of-its-kind law that aims to dam the flood of abortion pills into states that ban the procedure.

Under the new law, which went into effect on Thursday, abortion providers could face penalties of at least $100,000 if they mail pills into Texas. Manufacturers of abortion pills are also eligible to be sued, although women who take abortion pills are not.

Anti-abortion activists are hoping that the law will escalate the war between states that protect abortion rights and those that do not, since it marks the first legislative challenge to “shield laws”. Enacted in a handful of blue states after the fall of Roe v Wade, shield laws aim to protect abortion providers from out-of-state prosecution, even if they are shipping pills across state borders. By the end of 2024, abortion providers in shield-law states like Massachusetts and New York were facilitating more than 12,000 abortions a month in states that ban the procedure, including in Texas, according to #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning.

“They are going beyond their jurisdiction and their authority by coming into Texas and hurting Texas women and killing Texas babies with abortion pills,” said John Seago, the president of Texas Right to Life and one of the main architects behind Texas’ new abortion ban. “We think there is going to be a kind of this standoff between Texas and New York that maybe goes back to the supreme court. I would be very interested to get that case. We’re actually looking to spur that on.”

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(Sadists.)

[The Madcap]

1. Don't send pills of any kind into Texas.

No aspirin, no heart meds, nothing. You have to play hardball with these clowns.

[samnsara]

2. see ya in court!!!!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. Yeah, good luck with that.

I would imagine that it won't survive a court challenge, and I don't see most states cooperating with this TX. "law".

[BH liberal]

4. Texas would like to take us...

back to the 50's. The 1850's, that is. Hope women will exit the state in droves.

[Aristus]

5. You can stop now, Texas. I'm never coming back.

You don't have to keep selling me on the idea.

[CTyankee]

8. Me, neither (and I am 3rd generation Texan). I LOVE CT and New England!

Unfortunately, my granddaughter loves Austin and tells me she could always go home to Boston if she needs abortion care.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Only postal workers and neighbors who

look in your mailbox will know.

[Moostache]

7. If or when the Democrats re-take power I want reciprocal lawsuit authority in all states...

I want to sue the pants off of any one attempting to curtail access to legal health care (OF ANY KIND)!!! And I want paid bounties for everyone who is ratted out as a care denier or obstructor.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I know next to nothing about law

But don’t you have to show “standing” (a concrete and physical injury, or a financial loss) to initiate a lawsuit? If I somehow hear that my neighbor told another woman where to send away for abortion medication, how do I have standing to sue if I was not physically harmed or lost any money because of the
actions of the defendant?