The Texas Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill that would allow private citizens to sue out-of-state providers of abortion pills for $100,000 or more. The Senate must vote once more before the bill can head to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

Abortion is always banned in Texas unless a pregnant woman’s life or a major bodily function is at risk. But some Texans have still accessed the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol through the mail with a telemedicine prescription from an out-of-state doctor.

House Bill 7 aims to put a stop to that practice by allowing lawsuits against anyone who manufactures, prescribes or helps a woman in Texas access those pills. A pregnant woman who takes the pills would not be liable under House Bill 7, which has been characterized by its suppo

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