Lawmakers introduced legislation that would require internet providers to block access to the sites within state borders. Freedom, etc!
HB 2690 would also allow people to sue people who transport abortion pills to Texas, but exempts the pregnant person themselves. And, finally, the billto criminalize abortion funds for helping people get care in OTHER states.
The bill says it’s a felony for anyone to pay for a Texas resident get an abortion, regardless of “the location at which the elective abortion is performed” and “the law of the jurisdiction in which the elective abortion is performed.” This proposed legislation raises lots of First Amendment alarm bells and we’ll be following it.
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