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Texas Set to Enact Draconian Abortion Ban That Would Criminalize Patients, Medical Providers

HeadlineMay 17, 2021

Texas lawmakers have approved a bill that would ban all abortions about six weeks into a pregnancy, while making anyone in Texas eligible to sue patients, medical workers, or even a patient’s family or friends who “aid and abet” in an abortion. Governor Greg Abbott is expected to sign the so-called fetal heartbeat bill, which will face immediate court challenges by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.

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