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- Dec 4, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Texas HB 7 Takes Effect, Letting Citizens Sue Abortion-Pill Providers
- Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 7, the Woman and Child Protection Act, on 17 September 2025, and it took effect on 4 December 2025[1][2]
- Any private citizen can bring a qui tam suit against people who manufacture, mail, distribute or provide abortion-inducing drugs in or into Texas, and a winning plaintiff gets at least $100,000 per violation[2]
- The law bars suits against a woman for obtaining the drugs, and exempts hospitals and, with narrow exceptions, physicians and other licensed providers[2]
- Anyone sued in another state under a 'clawback' law for bringing an HB 7 case can recover costs plus the greater of double damages or $100,000 from whoever sued them, a direct answer to shield-law states[2][5]
- Texas and Louisiana had already tried to punish New York and California doctors who mail pills, and been blocked by those states' shield laws[3]
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- [1]90%capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB7capitol.texas.gov· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Dec 4, 2025 ✓· 31% of score
The Legislature's bill history for 89(2) HB 7 reads "Effective on . . . December 4, 2025" after "Signed by the Governor 09/17/2025"; the act has no expiry clause.
- [2]90%H.B. No. 7, enrolled version (Texas Legislature)capitol.texas.gov· Added Sep 25, 2026· 31% of score
The Woman and Child Protection Act: qui tam suits with at least $100,000 per violation; no suit against a woman for obtaining abortion-inducing drugs; takes effect on the 91st day after the session ends.[1]
- [3]75%Louisiana v. FDA: Access to Mifepristone Back at the Supreme Court (KFF)kff.org· Published May 6, 2026· 18% of score
Places the Texas[1][2] law among new state laws aimed at medication abortion, and notes Texas and Louisiana have tried to prosecute or fine telehealth providers in New York and California but been blocked by shield laws.
- [4]80%A new abortion law is in effect in Texas, here's who it affects (CBS TEXAS)youtube.com· Published Dec 4, 2025· 10% of score
House Bill 7 is now in effect, allowing private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes or mails abortion-inducing drugs.[1]
- [5]75%Texas' out-of-state abortion pill law takes effect this week (KVUE)youtube.com· Published Dec 1, 2025· 10% of score
HB 7 allows Texans to sue out-of-state doctors who mail or distribute abortion pills to patients in Texas[1][2].
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