Texas Mother Sues 4 Anti-Abortion Activists for $459,782 Under Pill Law They Backed
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 13
Texas Mother Sues 4 Anti-Abortion Activists for $459,782 Under Pill Law They Backed
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 13
Summary
A 26-year-old Texas woman sued Kristan Hawkins and three Students for Life members Tuesday, seeking $459,782 under the state’s new abortion-pill law after their undercover-pill posts in Houston.
The suit argues the four appeared not to be pregnant, placing them within House Bill 7’s reach because it lets private citizens sue anyone who mails, delivers, prescribes or provides abortion pills to or from Texas.
House Bill 7 took effect last December and guarantees at least $100,000 per violation, while explicitly barring lawsuits against a woman who uses or tries to obtain pills for her own pregnancy.
Students for Life’s political arm had publicly claimed credit for helping pass the law now being used against its members; the four defendants did not immediately respond to comment.